Valerie guys a new car. She can drive 288 miles on a full tank of gas. If her car holds 16 gallons of gasoline, what is the unit rate of miles per gallon?

Answer 1

To find the unit rate of miles per gallon, we need to determine how many miles Valerie can drive per gallon of gasoline.

Valerie can drive 288 miles on a full tank of gas, which holds 16 gallons of gasoline.

Dividing the total number of miles by the number of gallons of gasoline gives us 288 miles / 16 gallons = <<288/16=18>>18 miles per gallon.

Therefore, the unit rate of miles per gallon is 18 miles per gallon.