Since the value of the car is not specified after 2 years, we will assume it is zero.
Then the total cost is
... car cost + 2×(insurance cost + maintenance cost + gas cost)
... = 5000 + 2×(1500 + 400 + (12000/20*2.50))
... = 5000 + 2×(1900 + 1500)
... = 11,800
This is the cost for driving 24,000 miles, so the cost per mile is
... 11,800/24,000 ≈ 0.49167
Your average cost per mile will be about $0.49.
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The purchase price of the car is about 42% of that cost, so the operating cost is reduced somewhat if there is resale value at the end of 2 years.
Well first off those numbers add up to 163.
A way to check this is to add 52 with 23 which is 75 then add 78 by 10 which is 88 now add 75 with 88 which is 163
Four, if you count the zeros you will find that there are four zeros in the number 80000.
