Question

Over the weekend, statton and tyler drove to montana to go hunting. now they're preparing to go home.tyler needs gas for his jeep , whitch gets 22 miles per gallon for gas mileage. when he stops at a gas station , he already has 5 gallons in his tank . he buys more gas for $ 1.25 per gallon . if tyler spends $22 on gas, what is the total distance the boys could travel? round , if necessary, to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

The jeep gets 22 miles per gallon...

he has 5 gallons in the tank already....
buys gas at 1.25 per gallon.....spends $ 22...so he buys 22 / 1.25 = 17.6 gallons
so he has a total of (5 + 17.6) = 22.6 gallons....at 22 miles per gallon =
22.6 * 22 = 497.2 miles <==