Question

Over the weekend, trigg and craig drove to lake of the pines to go fishing. now they're preparing to go home. trigg needs gas for his jeep, which gets 27 miles per gallon for gas mileage. when he stops at the gas station, he already has 8 gallons of gas in his tank. he buys more gas for $1.35 per gallon. if trigg spends $23.50 on gas, what is the total distance the boys could travel? round, if necessary to the nearest tenth

Answer 1

$1.35 x 10 = $13.50 for 10 gallons

$23.50 - $13.50 = $10.00

$1.35 x 7 = $9.45 for 7 more gallons

17 gallons is $22.45

17/27 = 459 miles but I'm missing the last bit of change so round it up to 460 for a total of miles

Answer 2

Answer:

686

Step-by-step explanation:

23.50/1.35 = 17.40 + 8 =25.40 *27 =