Question

Suppose that you need to buy some chicken for dinner tonight. You found an ad showing that a store across town has chicken on sale for $2.99 per pound. Your usual neighborhood store sells the same chicken for $3.79 per pound. You are considering whether it is worth the drive to purchase the chicken from the store across town. Information you will need:________

A. You need to purchase 3 pounds of chicken
B. Your neighborhood store is 2.1 miles away and takes about 8 minutes to get there
C. The store across town is 8.6 miles away and takes about 24 minutes to get there
D. Your car averages about 22 miles per gallon in the city Gas is $3.05 per gallon

Answer 1

C). The store across town is 8.6 miles away and takes about 24 minutes to get there.

D). Your car averages about 22 miles per gallon in the city Gas is $3.05 per gallon.

Explanation:

The information regarding the distance of the store across town from the house, the time required to reach there, the average of the car, and the cost of gas per gallon would assist in calculating if the extra drive is worth buying chicken from the city store.

Cost of chicken in the city store - $2.99 per pound

Average of the car in 1 gallon = 22miles

so, the average of the car in 1 mile = 1/22

Cost of traveling 8.6miles = 8/22 * $3.05

= 24.40/22

Additional cost = $ 1.109

Total cost of buying chicken from the city store = $2.99 + $1.10

= $4.09

Hence, it is not worth to buy the chicken from the store across the town as it is costlier in comparison to $3.79 in nearby store.