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[calc] Qx. A car drives 350 miles and can drive 10.4 miles per litre of petrol.
Petrol costs £1.29 per litre.
What is the total cost of the fuel for this journey?
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User Apostolis Bekiaris
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Driving 350 miles requires

(350 mi) / (10.4 mi/L) ≈ 33.65 L

of petrol.

This amount of petrol would cost

(33.65 L) × (£1.29/L) ≈ £43.41

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