Question

Nick has 2 cars. Car A uses petrol and Car B uses diesel. Petrol costs £1.39 per litre and diesel costs £1.47 per litre. Below shows the average distance that Nick can drive each car using 1 litre of fuel. Car A: 10.3 miles per litre of petrol Car B: 14.6 miles per litre of diesel Nick is going on a journey in one of his cars. The distance Nick is going to drive is 450 miles Work out the difference of the total costs of the fuel for the 2 cars for this journey

Answer 1

£15.42

Explanation:

1. Calculate the cost for Car A

450*1.39/10.3 = £60.73

2. Calculate the cost for car B

450*1.47/14.6 = £45.31

3. Get the difference

60.73-45.31= £15.42