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Aaron's dad has a pickup truck and his mom has an SUV. Last week, his dad traveled 84 miles in the pickup truck on 4 gallons of gas. His mom traveled 72 miles in the SUV on 3 gallons of gas. How many more miles per gallon did the SUV get than the truck?

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Aaron's dad has a pickup truck and his mom has an SUV. Last week, his dad traveled 84 miles in the pickup truck on 4 gallons of gas. His mom traveled 72 miles in the SUV on 3 gallons of gas. How many more miles per gallon did the SUV get than the truck?

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Solution

First, we need to calculate the miles per gallon (mpg) for each vehicle.

For the pickup truck: Miles per gallon = Total miles driven / Total gallons of gas used = 84 miles / 4 gallons = 21 miles per gallon

For the SUV: Miles per gallon = Total miles driven / Total gallons of gas used = 72 miles / 3 gallons = 24 miles per gallon

Then, subtract the truck's mpg from the SUV's mpg to find the difference: Difference = SUV mpg - Truck mpg = 24 mpg - 21 mpg = 3 mpg

So, the SUV got 3 more miles per gallon than the truck.

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