Question

Over the weekend, trigg and Craig drove to lake of the pines to go fishing. Now they're preparing to go home. Trigg needs gas for his jeep, which gets 27 miles per gallon for gas mileage. When he stops at the gas station, he already has 5 gallons of gas in his tank. He buys more gas for $1.25 per gallon. If trigg spends $23.50 on gas, what is the total distance the boys could travel? Round, if necessary to the nearest tenth

Answer 1

Trigg would be able to travel a total distance of 642.6 miles.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the total distance the boys could travel, we need to determine the amount of gas Trigg can buy with $23.50. Trigg already has 5 gallons of gas in his tank, so the remaining amount he needs to buy is given by:

Gallons of gas = Amount spent on gas / Cost per gallon

Gallons of gas = $23.50 / $1.25 = 18.8 gallons

Thus, the total amount of gas Trigg has is 5 gallons + 18.8 gallons = 23.8 gallons.

To find the total distance the boys could travel, we multiply the gas mileage (27 miles per gallon) by the total amount of gas:

Total distance = Gas mileage * Total gallons of gas

Total distance = 27 miles/gallon * 23.8 gallons = 642.6 miles

Answer 2

added gallons: 23.50÷1.25=18.8
All of the gases: 5+18.8=23.8
now the total distance: 23.8*27=642.6≈643 miles.

I hope this helps!