Question

the beach is 141 miles your gas tank holds 16 gallons and you use 3/8 of a tank to get there what is your miles per gallon and how much did it cost you to get there $3.15 per gallon?

Answer 1

23.5 miles a gallon, and $18.90 trip cost.

Explanation:

16 is the full tank, and 6 is 3/8ths of that, so 6 gallons were used during the trip.

Miles per gallon:

141/6 = 23.5

The fuel mileage was 23.5 miles a gallon.

Cost:

6 * 3.15 = 18.9

The cost of the trip was $18.90.