Suppose a compact car uses 1 gallon of fuel for every 27 miles traveled. how would the graph for the compact car compare to the graph for the car shown?

1. The meaning of (2, 40) is that - when 2 gallons of fuel is used, then the distance covered will be 40 miles.

2. Equation will be :

where y is the total distance in miles and x is the number of gallons used.

3. When we have to tell as per graph, that the car travels 27 miles in 1 gallon, the points will be : (1,27) , (2,54) , (3,81) and so on.

if x = 1, then the answer is 3.5

the functions have the same rate of change i think. i narrowed it down to this answer and "the rate of change of tour 1 is greater" but i got it wrong using that answer so im assuming its the answer above. (this is a question i also answered from the iready site if anyone needs a reference)