Question

Benito spent $1627 to operate his car last year. Some of these expenses are listed below. Benito's only other expense was for gasoline. If he drove 7675 miles, what was the average cost of the gasoline per mile?

Answer 1

Given that Benito spent $1,627 to operate his car last year and that some of the expenses are $972, $114, and $105.

Given that Benito's only other expense was for gasoline. This means that the expense for gasoline is given by $1,627 - $972 - $114 - $105 = $436

If he drove 7675 miles, then the average cost of the gasoline per mile is given by $436 / 7,675 = $0.0568 = 5.68 cents per mile.