Question

4 college students are planning a 1652 mile trip for spring break, The car they are pricing gets 25 miles to the gallon, and gasoline prices average $2.63 per gallon. How much money will each student need for gas if they want to split the cost evenly?

Answer 1

Given:

a.) Our college students are planning a 1652 mile trip for spring break.

b.) The car they are pricing gets 25 miles to the gallon.

c.) Gasoline prices average $2.63 per gallon.

Step 1: Let's first determine how much gallon will they need to travel 1652 miles.

`\text{ 1652 \lparen miles\rparen x }\frac{1\text{ gallon}}{\text{ 25 \lparen miles\rparen}}`
`\text{ }(1652)/(25)\text{ gallons}`
`\text{ = 66.08 gallons}`

They will need 66.08 gallons.

Step 2: Let's now determine the total cost of 66.08 gallons.

`\text{ 66.08 \lparen gallons\rparen x }\frac{\text{ \$}2.63}{1\text{ \lparen gallon\rparen}}`
`\text{ = \$173.7904 }\approx\text{ \$173.79}`

Step 3: Let's determine how much will each student need for gas.