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CRITICAL THINKING How would you expect the length of a car to affect its gas mileage? Explain your reasoning.
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From the given graph, we can observe that as the size of the car increases, the gas mileage decreases. This is because larger cars are typically heavier and require more fuel to move. Show more…
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