Suppose you want to calculate your car's mpg, to compare with the manufacturer's claim. How would you do this? (Don't worry about the difference between your car's mpg for local driving versus for highway driving; for simplicity, suppose all your driving is local)
If you're not sure how to do this, stop and think about it for a minute or two (if you are still completely stuck after thinking hard for 2 minutes, you are welcome to turn to the person sitting next to you and ask them; but try to come up with an accurate method on your own first).
If (or once) you think you have a good procedure, pause for a moment to organize your thought before writing the directions below. Your directions should be concise, yet detailed and precise enough (you may want to use a variable or two) so anyone can accurately reproduce it to calculate their car's mpg at home after reading your directions. When you think have have a detailed but concise method, write it down below:
Brief but precise directions: how to calculate your car's mpg:
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Suppose you want to calculate your car's mpg, to compare with the manufacturer's claim. How would you do this? (Don't worry about the difference between your car's mpg for local driving versus for highway driving; for simplicity, suppose all your driving is local)
If you're not sure how to do this, stop and think about it for a minute or two (if you are still completely stuck after thinking hard for 2 minutes, you are welcome to turn to the person sitting next to you and ask them; but try to come up with an accurate method on your own first).
If (or once) you think you have a good procedure, pause for a moment to organize your thought before writing the directions below. Your directions should be concise, yet detailed and precise enough (you may want to use a variable or two) so anyone can accurately reproduce it to calculate their car's mpg at home after reading your directions. When you think have have a detailed but concise method, write it down below:
Brief but precise directions: how to calculate your car's mpg:
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