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Under certain conditions, the average cost of driving a medium sedan in 2012 was $0.61 per mile. How much would it have cost to drive such a car 10,000 miles in2012 ?(Simplify your answer. Round to the nearest dollar as needed.)

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The cost of driving such a car 10, 000 miles in 2012 is $6100

Step - by - Step Explanation

What to find? Cost of driving the car 10, 000 miles.

Given Parameter:

• Number of miles = 10000 milles.

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• Average cost = $0.62

We can proceed to write the modelling equation that can be use to find the cost using the parameters given to us.

From the parameter given, for each mile travel, there is a cost of $0.61 , for x mile travelled, let y be the cost.

Hence, the equation is;

y = 0.61 x

Where x is the number of miles travelled and y is the cost of the x- miles travelled.

When x = 10, 000 miles, to find the cost, substitute x=10000 into the equation and simplify.

y = 0.61(10000)

y = $6100

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