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A car runs its first 5000 miles at 40 miles to the gallon of petrol and its next 5000 miles at 36 miles to the gallon. What is the average petrol consumption for the whole 10000, miles(gallon/mile)?

A

`.0263`

B

`0264`

C

`0264`

D

`0266`

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0.026388 gal/mile.
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