Gas Mileage (Refer to Exercise 1.) A car that gets 34 miles per gallon is driven 578 miles...

Gas Mileage (Refer to Exercise 1.) A car that gets 34 miles per gallon is driven 578 miles. How many gallons of gasoline are used on this trip?

Exercise 1

Gas Mileage The formula can be used to calculate a car’s gas mileage M after it has traveled D miles on G gallons of gasoline. Suppose that at truck driver leaves a gas station with a full tank of gas and the odometer showing 87,625 miles. At the next gas stop, it takes 38 gallons to fill the tank and the odometer reads 88,043 miles. Find the gas mileage for the truck.