A pizza place has four drivers to deliver their pizzas. The average mileage for each car is between 22 and 24 miles per gallon.

Question

4 years ago

9

A pizza place has four drivers to deliver their pizzas. The average mileage for each car is between 22 and 24 miles per gallon.

Each driver travels between 85 miles and 95 miles a day. The pizza shop estimates that they will need about 11 gallons of fuel a day for all the vehicles.
Is this a reasonable estimate?
Yes, the estimate given is reasonable.
No, the estimate should be lower.
No, the estimate should be higher.

Mathematics

1 answer:

Musya8 [376] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-16T15:57:32+03:00

Musya8 [376]4 years ago

6 0

No,the estimate should be higher. If they wanted to be safe, they would divide 95 by 23 and get around 4 gallons per driver. Times that by 4 again, and you get 16 gallons per day.