SOLUTION: suppose you drive a car with a average gas mileage of 29 miles per gallon. If you plan to take a 3200 mile cross country trip, how many gallons of gasoline should you expect to use

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Question 832675: suppose you drive a car with a average gas mileage of 29 miles per gallon. If you plan to take a 3200 mile cross country trip, how many gallons of gasoline should you expect to use?
Answer by JulietG(1812)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Divide the total miles by the miles per gallon to find the gallons.
3200 / 29 = 110.3448
At $3.50/gal today, you should probably fly ;-)

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