Algebra Symposium: Optimizing Fuel Consumption |
http://www2.math.uic.edu/~lewis/math165/asavgcost.pdf |
It is asserted that if you drive a car at constant speed; the number of miles per gallon will first increase and then decrease (or a reasonable range say 15 mph to 90 mph). Can someone explain the physics of this? Is there any sense that this function is quadratic? |
http://www2.math.uic.edu/~lewis/math165/asfuel.pdf |
http://www2.math.uic.edu/~lewis/math165/math165avgcost.htm |