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A teacher lives 8 miles from school. She drives a 2015 Chevy Camaro that gets 19 miles per gallon of gas. How much fuel will she need to get TO AND FROM work for the week?

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Explanation:

Technically we cannot solve this without knowing how many days a week that she works.

f=(16mi*d)(gal/19mi)

f=(16/19)d

We would have to assume that she works a certain amount of days. If we assume she works every day

f=7(16/19)=112/19, approximately 5.9 gal

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