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A car travelled 462 miles per tankful of gasoline on the [#permalink] New post 18 Apr 2008, 09:00
A car travelled 462 miles per tankful of gasoline on the highway and 336 miles per tankful of gasoline in the city. If the car travelled 6 fewer miles per gallon in the city than on the highway how many miles per gallon did the car travel in teh city?

a) 14
b) 16
c) 21
d) 22
e) 27
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Re: car [#permalink] New post 18 Apr 2008, 09:33
x : miles/gallon in city
462x/336=x+6
<-> (462-336)x/336 = 6
x=6*336/126 =16
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Re: car [#permalink] New post 18 Apr 2008, 11:41
mpg(city) = mpg(highway) - 6

mpg(city) = 336/c

mpg(highway) = 462/c where c=tank capacity

6c = 126 --> c=21

therefore, 336/21 = 16
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Re: car [#permalink] New post 18 Apr 2008, 13:30
puma wrote:
A car travelled 462 miles per tankful of gasoline on the highway and 336 miles per tankful of gasoline in the city. If the car travelled 6 fewer miles per gallon in the city than on the highway how many miles per gallon did the car travel in teh city?

a) 14
b) 16
c) 21
d) 22
e) 27


x = total gallons in one tank of gas
336/x - 6 = 462/x
x = 21
For City, you have mile/gallon = 336/21 = 16
Re: car   [#permalink] 18 Apr 2008, 13:30
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