Answer:

No — parenthesis are needed around the two odometer readings so that the number of miles are calculated first, and the division is carried out second:

' Corrected Miles per Gallon
'
PRINT "miles per gallon =", (53659.2 - 53438.5) / 8.23
END

No Commas inside of Numbers

When large numbers are written on paper, commas are used to make them more readable. In QBasic, numbers do not have commas inside of them

QUESTION 17:

For your graduation party you buy a 5 gallon keg of grape soda. After the party, the keg has 1.5 gallons still left in it. How many 8 ounce glasses of grape soda did your guests drink? (There are 128 fluid ounces per gallon.)

Write a program to solve this problem.