Car averages x miles per gallon means that 1 gallon is enough to drive 36 miles.
We are asked to find average miles per gallon (miles/gallon) --> average miles per gallon would be total miles driven divided by total gallons used (miles/gallon).
Total miles driven is 10+50=60.
As a car averages 25 miles per gallon in the city for 10 miles in the city it will use 10/25=0.4 gallons
What is the average value?
A data set, the arithmetic mean, also known as arithmetic average, is a measure of the central tendency of a finite set of numbers: specifically, the sum of the values divided by the number of values.
As a car averages 40 miles per gallon on the highway for 50 miles on the highway it will use
50/40=1.25 gallons;
So average miles per gallon equals to
[tex]=\frac{10+50}{0.4+1.25}\\=36[/tex]
Therefore option D is correct.
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