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If gasoline is $2.159 per gallon in the US. How much would it cost in gasoline to drive 600 miles?

User Highstaker
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Answer:

cost of gasoline to drive 600 miles will be $12.954x

Explanation:

In this question we have given,

Cost of 1 gallon gasoline=$2.159

we have to find the gasoline cost to drive 600 miles

Different types of vehicles consume different amount of gasoline to cover the same distance

let us consider a vehicle consume x gallon gasoline to cover 100 miles

therefore vehicle consume 6x galoon gasoline to cover 600 miles

Therefore cost of gasoline to drive 600 miles will be given as,

=$
2.159* 6x\\\\

=$12.954x

User Samnang
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Answer:600 x X

Explanation:

The numerical solution to this question requires knowledge of the fuel consumption of the vehicle. However assuming that the vehicle consumes X gallon of gasoline per mile, the cost in gasoline to drive 600 miles would be 600 x X =600X

User Laura Paakkinen
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