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Marcella is planning a cross-country trip, and she needs to make sure she has enough money saved to pay for gas. Her car uses an average of 31 miles per gallon, and gas costs $3.03 per gallon. She plans to travel 3,255 miles. How much gas will it cost her to go this distance?

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Answer: 318.15$

Step-by-step explanation: First you need to figure out how many gallons she is actually going to use.

3255 divded by 31=105

Then you have to multiply the total gallons we got by the amount of money per gallon.

31 x 3.03 = 318.15$

And that is how you get your answer.

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