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How to Determine Your Gas Mileage
by Alexander J. Izzo (Bowling Green State University)
This article originally appeared in:Mathematics Magazine
June, 2000
Subject classification(s): Algebra and Number Theory | Linear Algebra | Systems of Linear Equations
Applicable Course(s): 3.8 Linear/Matrix Algebra
Least-squares methods are used to estimate city and highway gas mileage from readily measured data.
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