Mr. Anderson drove 522 miles to his brother's house in Ohio on 15.35 gallons of gas. Find the mileage per gallon for Mr. Anderson. (6.RP.2.c)

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0.03 mpg
0.03 mpg

29.41 mpg
29.41 mpg

34.01 mpg
34.01 mpg

34.80 mpg
34.80 mpg
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Answer 1

To find the mileage per gallon (miles per gallon, or mpg), you can use the formula:

\[ \text{mpg} = \frac{\text{total miles driven}}{\text{gallons of gas used}} \]

In this case, Mr. Anderson drove 522 miles and used 15.35 gallons of gas. Plugging in the numbers:

\[ \text{mpg} = \frac{522 \text{ miles}}{15.35 \text{ gallons}} \approx 34.00 \text{ mpg} \]

So, rounding up, the mileage per gallon for Mr. Anderson is approximately 34.01 mpg.

Therefore, the correct response is:

34.01 mpg.