Question

Lara rents a car while spending her vacation traveling in Russia. When she returns the car, she has driven 1175 miles and used about 47 gallons of gas. If gas costs an average of $3.949 per gallon, estimate how much she spent on fuel.

Answer 1

Given:

cost per gallon = $3.949

used gallon = 47 gallons

Asked: How much fuel did she spent?

Solution:

To find the answer to the problem, we will multiply the cost per gallon by the total number of gallons Lara used.

`47\cdot3.949=185.603`

ANSWER: $185.603