Meta Data Science interview questions

business sense: There are two types of cars A and B. The number of people in US who use A and B are the same. They drive the same distances each month. Now there are two new technologies, X and Y (of equal cost). If apply X, mpg of A would increase from 50 mpg to 75 mpg; If apply Y, mpg of B would increase from 10 mpg to 11 mpg. The goal is to decrease the dependence on foreign oil, or to decrease the consumption of gasoline. Question: which technology would you apply? Follow up question: after applying the technology of your choice, assume there's money available for research on new technology, which car would you choose to conduct research on?

I got tripped up by a question on probability and game theory during my second phone interview.