Question

Benito spent $1875 to operate his car last year. Some of these expenses are listed below. Benito's only other expense was for gasoline. If he drove 7731 miles, what was the average cost of the gasoline per mile? Operating Expenses Insurance $823 Registration $186 Maintenance $55

Answer 1

The average cost would be: 10.5 cents per mile.

His total costs were $1875. If we subtract the non-gasoline expenses, we find that he spent $811 on gas.
1875 - 823 - 186 - 55 = 811

Now, divide that dollar amount by the number of miles to determine the cost per mile.

811 / 7731 = 0.105