jim wrote in news:vLCdnVF7yL_FjJDRnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@bright.net:
You make some fair points.
I respond by posting my raw data. They are in an Excel file, here:
The first two columns give the actual miles driven during each test, and the actual observed amount of oil used during that test. (It must be noted that, in order to maintain consistency with the "reported" mileage, the oil amounts are slightly adjusted. i.e.: 0.622 is actually 0.6; 0.597 is also actually 0.6.)
I know you chose extremes in your example in order to make a point, but now, having /real/ numbers to work with, you do the arithmetic, and tell me what you get.
Remember that doing it my way, I get 1663 mi/qt. Doing it your way gets...what number?