Your car gets 15 miles per gallon and your friend's car averages 25 miles per gallon. You decide to head off to Hilton Head on v

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Your car gets 15 miles per gallon and your friend's car averages 25 miles per gallon. You decide to head off to Hilton Head on v

acation, 281 miles away. If gas costs $3.75/gallon and you decide to split the gas costs, how much money will you save my driving your friend's car.

Advanced Placement (AP)

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77julia77 [94] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-14T11:46:14+03:00

Your Car: We can find out how many gallons it would take by dividing 281 by 15. 281/15= about 18.7 gallons (exact 18.733333 where 3 is repeating)
To find the cost you use this equation.
3.75*18.7= about 70.13 (exact 70.125)
if you split it you both would be paying about $35.10

Friend's Car: We can find out how many gallons it would take by dividing 281 by 25. 281/25= 11.24 gallons
To find the cost use this equation.
3.75*11.24= 42.15
If you split it you both would be paying about $21.10
You save about $14 using your friend's car