david’s mom wants to calculate how much it will cost to drive from los angeles, ca, to san francisco, ca. gas costs $4.00 a gall

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david’s mom wants to calculate how much it will cost to drive from los angeles, ca, to san francisco, ca. gas costs $4.00 a gall

on, and the gas mileage of their car is 38 miles/gallon. what additional information does david’s mom need to do this calculation?

Chemistry

2 answers:

Delvig [45] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-06T18:37:32+03:00

Delvig [45]2 years ago

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Answer:

The distance between the two cities

Explanation:

grin007 [14] · Answer 2 · 2022-06-06T17:02:28+03:00

grin007 [14]2 years ago

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She needs to know the distance from LA to SF.

Call that distance x. Then you can calculate the cost from:

# of gallons consumed: x miles / 38 miles/ gallon = (x/38) gallons

After that,

cost = # gallons * cost per gallon = (x/38) gallons * 4 $/gallon = 4x/38 $