Question

Under certain conditions, the average cost of driving a medium sedan in 2012 was $0.62 per mile. How much would it have cost to drive such a car 12,000 miles in 2012?

Answer 1

For this case, the equation modeling the problem is given by:

$y = 0.62x$

Where,

x: number of miles

y: total cost

For 12,000 miles we have:

$y = 0.62 * (12000)$

$y = 7440$

Therefore, to handle 12,000 miles, the cost will be $ 7440.

Answer:

it costs 7440 $ to drive a car 12,000 miles in 2012.