a car traveled 462 miles per tankful of gasoline on the highway and 336 miles per tankful of gasoline in the city . if the car traveled 3 fewer miles per gallon in the city than on the highway , how many miles per gallon did the car travel in the city ?
i treat such problems as work ones . work = rate * time mileage ( m ) = rate ( mpg ) * gallons ( g ) x gallons is a full tank { 462 = rx { 336 = ( r - 3 ) x solve for r , r = 11 11 - 3 = 8 mpg a
divide(336, divide(subtract(462, 336), 3))