Possible Gas Mileage Riddle, or Maybe Not

19 Jun 2010

*** Gas Mileage ***

I have to take a 100 mile trip in the family car and want to get the
best "miles per gallon" that I can, so I drive fifty miles an hour in
the slow lane.

I get excellent gasoline mileage during the trip and arrive at my
destination approximately two hours later.

The next day, I take the same trip in my Corvette, but I drive one
hundred miles per hour and get there in one hour.

The Corvette's "miles per gallon" is twice that of the family car, but
I got there in half the time and shut the car off.

So, did the both the cars use the same amount of gasoline?

dontknow

19 Jun 2010

Seriously? You've got a 'Vette AND a family car? Dude, you must rock it at the PTA meetings...

19 Jun 2010

Quote by Jillicious
Sounds like the family wagon needs a bit of a tune-up if it is only getting one half the amount of miles out of one gallon expended.

If a train left Chicago going 50 mph and another train left New York going 100 mph then how much force would be applied when they have a front end collision?

What is each engine of each train, colliding with? bootyshake

The same GQP demanding we move on from January 6th, 2021 is still doing audits of the November 3rd, 2020 election.

19 Jun 2010

Quote by WD50
*** Gas Mileage ***

I have to take a 100 mile trip in the family car and want to get the
best "miles per gallon" that I can, so I drive fifty miles an hour in
the slow lane.

I get excellent gasoline mileage during the trip and arrive at my
destination approximately two hours later.

The next day, I take the same trip in my Corvette, but I drive one
hundred miles per hour and get there in one hour.

The Corvette's "miles per gallon" is twice that of the family car, but
I got there in half the time and shut the car off.

So, did the both the cars use the same amount of gasoline?

-The Corvette's "miles per gallon" is twice that of the family car-

Torture the data long enough and they will confess to anything.