Question

a person recently rented a car with a full tank of gas and 6624 miles on the odometer. after 3 days, he returned the car with 7214 miles on the odometer. if the rental agency charged him $96.85 for the rental and it took 11 gallons of gas to fill up the tank, determine the following rates. complete parts a through c below.
a. find the cars rate of gas mileage, in miles per gallon.
□ miles per gallon
(simplify your answer. type an integer or decimal rounded to the nearest hundredth as needed.)

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate miles driven

The initial odometer reading is 6624 miles and the final is 7214 miles. The miles driven is the difference between the final and initial readings.
$7214 - 6624=590$ miles

Step2: Calculate gas mileage

Gas mileage is miles driven per gallon of gas used. 11 gallons of gas were used. So, we divide the miles driven by the number of gallons of gas.
$\frac{590}{11}\approx 53.64$ miles per gallon

Answer:

53.64