SOLUTION: My parents live 1200 miles away and my SUV gets 24 miles to the gallon! If gas costs $2.99 / gallon, how much will fuel cost?

Question 85024: My parents live 1200 miles away and my SUV gets 24 miles to the gallon! If gas costs $2.99 / gallon, how much will fuel cost?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you divide 1200 and 24 you'll get the number of gallons of gas you will use up on the trip

So you'll use 50 gallons of gas. So now you can multiply 50 gallons by 2.99 to figure out how much you'll spend on gas:

So you'll spend $149.50 on gas.
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