How to calculate real milespergallon mpg and costpermile cpm formula and savings. I have diagnosed two problems, not serious, which puts my mind at rest, and. Manual transmissions can be up to 94% efficient whereas older automatic. The following chart shows the nonlinear relationship between gallons used. Starting out with programming logic and design 4th edition edit edition. A cars miles per gallon mpg can be calculated with the following formula. While sales price is certainly a factor, depreciation, maintenance, repair and fuel costs should be equally important considerations for anyone in the market for a. Feb 23, 2012 carpool savings calculator research several carpooling websites. Write a program that calculates miles per gallon for a list of cars. The spreadsheet will calculate the number of miles you are driving between fillups, the miles per gallon per fillup, and the average miles per gallon overall. Miles per gallon calculatordesign a gui program that calcula. From control structures through objects8th edition. The miles per gallon calculator is used to calculate the miles per gallon of your car based on the miles traveled and the number of gallons used.
A cars milespergallon mpg can be calculated with the following formula. The fuel economy of an automobile relates distance traveled by a vehicle and the amount of. Miles per gallon calculator practical spreadsheets. To improve your gas mileage you first need to know what your current gas mileage is or you will not know if it got any better. The act established the corporate average fuel economy cafe program. Distance per tank of gas a car with a 20 gallon gas tank averages 21. Chapter 3 programming challenge 1, miles per gallon this program calculates the number of miles per gallon a car gets. Miles per gallon javascript programming internet ii.
Cover illustration from ucs book breathe in the smog, drink in the lead. Some form of the miles per gallon metric has been on vehicle labels since 1977. Hi, i have a problem that wants to be calculated only by while loop. I have attached a spreadsheet where i used the information displayed on the card robertson created and photographed for inclusion in his article to calculate fuel economy i. Miles per gallon estimation by bowling the following calculates the estimated miles per gallon fuel consumption, based on the aerodynamic horsepower equilibrium occurring when propelling a vehicle with the given coefficient of drag, frontal area, tire pressure, brakespecific fuel consumption, and speed. Mpg milesgallons in the formula mpg is milespergallon, miles is the number can be driven. Take the current price of fuel and divide it by your vehicles miles per gallon e. Your program will also announce which car has the best fuel efficiency.
It should calculate the cars milespergallon and display the result on the. Im really happy i finally got this working, and that i got to use it. The program should calculate and display the miles per gallon obtained for each tankful. Then you can use the internet or repair manual to find out which is the failed part.
Milespergallon a cares milespergallon mpg can be calculated with the following formula. Calculate fuel economy in automobiles in us or metric units. Most vehicles gas tank capacity ranges from ten gallons for small compact cars to. See home much using a hybrid car could help you save money in the long run. This means that your vehicle will give you 20 miles per gallon driving in the city and 30 miles per gallon driving on the highway. At the push of a button on the calculator, the mpg calculator will translate all this information into miles per gallon, cost per mile, cost per kilometer and liters per hundred kilometers. Speaking from washington, james tamm, the nhtsa fueleconomy chief, greeted. I am trying to make a spreadsheet to figure out my miles per gallon on my new vehicle.
Sep 15, 2012 im taking a programming course and having hard time understand how to write a program using vb. Ask the user to enter the odometer reading when their gas tank is filled, and then a second odometer reading and the. You dont really need to understand it to well, just realize that the mathematics is the same. This information can be found in your vehicles owners manual. Miles per gallon chapter 3 tony gaddis starting out. Simple speed calculation ocean navigator mayjune 20. Find out how much money youre spending each year on fuel for your vehicle. To derive our formula, the strategy we will use is to see how much money you spend on gas per miles. Calculates your mpg miles per uk gallon figure from the distance covered and the ammount of petrol or diesel purchased, the price per gallon is also shown. Additionally, it can show you how much these same expenses could decrease if you drove a car with better gas mileage. It also allows you to compare it against driving a car or truck that got better gas mileage to see how much money you would save. Write a program that calculates a cars gas mileage. Introduces the use of variables and using those variables to perform simple math.
Milespergallon estimation by bowling the following calculates the estimated milespergallon fuel consumption, based on the aerodynamic horsepower equilibrium occurring when propelling a vehicle with the given coefficient of drag, frontal area, tire pressure, brakespecific fuel consumption, and speed. Use a for loop to ask the user for the price per gallon from three gas stations. By knowing exactly how much it costs you to drive your vehicle, you can plan trips accordingly. Mpg miles gallons in the formula mpg is milesper gallon, miles is the number can be driven. In addition to the total fuel cost calculation, they throw in a map and text directions as well. Programming challenges, starting out with java by tony gaddis. Learn more about the fuel economy label for gasoline vehicles. It should calculate the cars mpg and display the result. Write a program that will read in the number of liters of gasoline consumed by the. The application should input the following information and display the users cost per day of.
The user signals that there are no more cars by entering a negative initial odometer reading. It should calculate the cars milesper gallon and display the result on the screen. The calculation is speed knots divided by fuel consumption gph at that speed, gives you fuel economy nmgal. Write a program that calculates and displays the distance the car can travel. The challenge of the next generation of propulsion systems depends not only on. I dont want kilometers per liter, i would rather have miles per gallon. I am buying fuel by the liter and distance is in kilometers.
Last, you can also calculate the cost per mile to drive. Simply record your fuel fillup dates, your odometer readings, and the gallons of fuel you pump. I am having trouble with the calculation to find the average miles per gallon. New features added for 2010 include a fuel saver eco light in the. What makes this calculator unique is you can specify the make and model of car you are using or are curious about. The program should calculate and display the miles per gallon obtained for each trip and print the combined miles per gallon obtained for all trips up to this point. This calculator will figure your cars miles per gallon and forecast your gasoline expense for one month and for one year. Calculate the average price per gallon, and cost to drive one mile. This situation ca be expressed as dollar per miles. Our free miles per gallon calculator will automatically calculate the average mpg your vehicle is getting. How to calculate gas cost per mile formula template price per gallon miles per gallon cost per mile cpm example. The details of this calculation are shown in appendix e. The formula for calculating the miles that a car can travel per gallon of gas is. Aug 09, 2012 im really happy i finally got this working, and that i got to use it.
Calculated miles per gallon car gets prompt user for gas tank capacity and number of miles cout miles per gallon calculator. Mpg miles driven gallons of gas used write a program that asks the user for the number of miles driven and the gallons of gas used. Im taking a programming course and having hard time understand how to write a program using vb. How to calculate real milespergallon mpg and costper. Milespergallon calculatordesign a gui program that. The application should input the following information and display the users cost. The program should ask the user to enter the number of gallons of gas the car can hold and the number of miles it can be driven on a full tank. Calculate miles per us gallon mpg us, miles per imperial gallon mpg imp, kilometers per liter kml or liters per 100 kilometers l100km. If your car has a trip odometer, reset it, or record the master odometer mileage. For a given tank of gas, input the beginning and ending odometer readings, the number of gallons for this particular fill, the local cost per. Mpg calculator miles to the gallon calculate my mpg. In order to find the number of miles driven you will need the starting odometer reading and the. Mpg miles driven gallons of gas used design a program that asks the user for the number of miles driven and the gallons of gas used. Keep the mpg figure for your next fillup, when you enter this, the calculator will now also provide you with a.
This calculator will compute your cars miles per gallon and forecast your gasoline expense for one month and for one year. Divide the estimated number of miles driven per month by the mpg to determine the number of gallons of gas consumed monthly. Modify your program from practice program 1 so that it will take input data for two cars and output the number of miles per gallon delivered by each car. Calculate car miles per gallon or mpg by entering odometer readings and gallons or entering actual mileage. Programming exercises for chapter 16 programming tutorials. We will explain to the user very clearly what the program will be doing and how they should enter data. One driver has kept track of several tankfuls of gasoline by recording the miles driven and gallons used for each tankful. Fuel efficiency can also mean the output one gets for a unit amount of fuel input such as miles per gallon or liters per 100 kilometers for an automobile sometimes called fuel economy. Enter the total miles at your last fill up above, enter the price youre paying per gallon, and then enter the estimated miles that you drive per day. Develop a java application that will input the number of miles driven and gallons used both as integers for each trip. It also allows you to see how much money you would save if you were driving a car that got better gas mileage.
The next line declares the local variable miles and assigns it the value in the txtmiles textbox in the form form1 in the document. It should calculate the cars milespergallon and display the result on the screen. Write a program that asks the user to input the number of miles driven and gas used. Miles per gallon write a program that calculates a cars gas mileage. The data for each car consists of initial odometer reading, final odometer reading, and number of gallons of gas. The book focuses on fuel consumptionthe amount of fuel consumed in a.
Computer with customizable realtime fuel economy digital gauges. If you know your cost per gallon of gas say you filled your tank and an average daily miles driven it will computer your fuel costs. Your program should use a globally defined constant for the number of liters per gallon. Automobile fuel efficiency can be calculated in either miles per gallon or l100 km. For example if you drive 100 miles and use 5 gallons, the mpg is 20. Write a program that displays the name of each month in a year. When you click calculate your gas mileage will be computed and you will get a report on the fuel economy of your car. For gasoline vehicles, the label shows city, highway, and combined mpg miles. A brief history of us fuel efficiency union of concerned scientists. For a given tank of gas, input the beginning and ending odometer readings, the number of gallons for this particular fill, the local cost per gallon of gas, and your average mileage driven per day. Carpool savings calculator research several carpooling websites.
Calculated miles per gallon car gets prompt user for gas tank capacity and number of miles cout book. The fuel efficiency in miles per gallon the price of a gallon of petrol then outputs. It calculates cost per mile, weekly, monthly and a yearly fuel cost. It should then display the number of miles that may be driven per gallon of gas. Gas mileage calculator find out your real mpg and learn how to improve it. Very easy to use mpg calculator, just enter the cost of the fuel and the number of miles covered. Great on gas, rides beautifully, easy to drive, excellent in the snow, no major problems ever. The loop should accumulate the number of miles traveled and number of gallons purchased, then calculate the average miles per gallon. The highway program or highway fuel economy driving schedule. Create an application that calculates your daily driving cost, so that you can estimate how much money could be saved by car pooling, which also has other advantages such as reducing carbon emissions and reducing traffic congestion. Drive your car as you normally would, and let your gas tank deplete to at least a half of a tank of gas.
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