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Tushar Mehta
 
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I am trying to find the right formula and can't. I have to figure MPG. I
have the correct answer just not the formula. I am supposed to be able to
change the first part to match the second. 1.50 = 27 MPG 1.65 = 29.7 MPG.
What would I use?

You can reverse engineer the solution yourself.

Since you know that 1.5 somehow maps to 27 and 1.65 to 29.7, try two
simple possibilities: 1.5 + x = 27 and 1.5 * x =27. There are any
number of more sophisticated functions one could try but hopefully the
additive or multiplicative model will suffice.

For each answer check if it fits into the 2nd equation.

From the first possiblity, x= 25.5. Plugging that into the 2nd
equation would yield 1.65 + 25.5 = 27.15. Clearly that is not equal to
29.7.

From the 2nd possibility, x = 27/1.5. Does that result work in the 2nd
equation?

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