A woman drives an SUV that gets 12 mi/gal (mpg). Her husband drives a hybrid that gets 60 mpg. Every week, they travel the same number of miles. They want to improve their combined mpg.
They have two options on how they can improve it.
Option 1: They can tune the SUV and increase its mileage by 1 mpg and keep the hybrid as it is.
Option 2: They can buy a new hybrid that gets 75 mpg and keep the SUV as it is
Which option will give them a better combined mpg?
Compute the combined mpg for each option.
Option 1
(Round to one decimal place as needed.)
Option 2