Question

Ron drove his car every day from Monday to Saturday. On Monday and

Tuesday, the car used an average of 2 gallons of gas each day. From
Wednesday to Saturday, the car used an average of 3 gallons of gas each day.
Find the total amount of gas the car used from Monday to Saturday.
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Answer 1

16 gallons

Explanation:

Consumption

Since Monday and Tuesday are two days and each day, it's estimated that the consumption was 2 gallons hence to get the actual consumption for the two days

Monday and Tuesday= 2*2= 4 gallons

Wednesday to Saturday has 4 days and each day, the consumption was 3 gallons hence total consumption is also given as a product of the days and the daily consumption on average. Therefore,

Wednesday to Saturday= 3*4=12 gallons (We consider Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday)

To get the total consumption, we add respective consumption.

Total=4+12=16 gallons