Yesterday, Jack drove 35 1/2 miles used 1 1/4 gallons of gasoline. What is the unit rate for miles per gallon?

28.4 miles/gallon

Step-by-step explanation:

to find the answer, you need to find the constant by dividing the miles drove by the amount of gasoline (or the other way around in terms of wording if it is not correct grammar) So you need to do 35.5/1.25 .  FYI I converted the fraction to decimal. The answer is 28.4 miles/gallon.

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example 2 – simplify: step 1: completely factor both the numerators and denominators of all fractions. step 2: change the division sign to a multiplication sign and flip (or reciprocate) the fraction after the division sign; essential you need to multiply by the reciprocal. step 3 : cancel or reduce the fractions.