A salesperson purchased an automobile that was advertised as averaging 27 miles/gallon in the city and 38 miles/gallon on the highway. A recent sales trip that covered 1762 miles required 51 gallons of gasoline. Assuming that the advertised mileage estimates were correct, how many highway miles were driven on the trip? hint: even though you're asked to find highway miles , I recommend having your variables represent the number of gallons of gasoline used in the city and on the highway Number of highway miles

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A salesperson purchased an automobile that was advertised as averaging 27 miles/gallon in the city and 38 miles/gallon on the
highway.
A recent sales trip that covered 1762 miles required 5I gallons of gasoline. Assuming that the advertised mileage estimates were
correct, how many highway miles were driven on the trip?
hint: even though you're asked to find highway miles , I recommend having your variables represent the number of gallons of
gasoline used in the city and on the highway
Number of highway miles =
Transcribed Image Text:A salesperson purchased an automobile that was advertised as averaging 27 miles/gallon in the city and 38 miles/gallon on the highway. A recent sales trip that covered 1762 miles required 5I gallons of gasoline. Assuming that the advertised mileage estimates were correct, how many highway miles were driven on the trip? hint: even though you're asked to find highway miles , I recommend having your variables represent the number of gallons of gasoline used in the city and on the highway Number of highway miles =
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