A FORD ESCAPE HAS A MILEAGE OF 36 MILES PER GALLON, WHILE a mini cooper uses 8.5 litres per 100 kilometres?
December 15, 2009 in Mathematics
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Keegan b asked:
Which vehicle has better fuel efficiency? can u show me the unit conversions and how u got the answer plz. MATH
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Figure it all out in miles per gallon.
First convert the 8.5 liters to gallons using the conversion formula .
1 Liter = 0.264172052637296 Gallons
Next convert the kilometers to miles using the conversion formula.
1 Kilometer = 1.6 miles.
miles/gal=km/litre X litres/gal X miles/km
miles/gal= 100/8.5 X 1/0.26417 X 0.62137/1
miles/gal= 27.67
The Ford Escape has the better fuel efficiency.
Note: I used 1 litre= 0.26417 gal (U.S)
For Imperial gal, the conversion factor is 1 litre=0.21998 gal
Using that would give 33.23 mpg. Escape still better