Here are the results of NRMA open road tests on three different cars. Canary travels 243 km on 14 litres of petrol, Brit travels 315 kilometres on 17 litres, VeeDub travels 220 km on 12 litres a) Which car had the best fuel economy? b) How far would you expect Canary to travel on 7 litres of petrol? c) You drive Veedub for 100 kilometres. How much petrol do you expect to use?

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Here are the results of NRMA open road tests on three different cars. Canary travels 243 km on 14 litres of petrol, Brit travels 315 kilometres on 17 litres, VeeDub travels 220 km on 12 litres

a) Which car had the best fuel economy?

b) How far would you expect Canary to travel on 7 litres of petrol?

c) You drive Veedub for 100 kilometres. How much petrol do you expect to use?

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