SOLUTION: a fuel blend is made from mixing 4 quarts of oil at $2 per quart with 3 gallons of gasoline at $1.95 per gallon. What is the cost, to the nearest cent, of a gallon of the fuel mixt

SOLUTION: a fuel blend is made from mixing 4 quarts of oil at $2 per quart with 3 gallons of gasoline at $1.95 per gallon. What is the cost, to the nearest cent, of a gallon of the fuel mixt

Algebra.Com

Question 293595: a fuel blend is made from mixing 4 quarts of oil at $2 per quart with 3 gallons of gasoline at $1.95 per gallon. What is the cost, to the nearest cent, of a gallon of the fuel mixture?
Answer by brucewill(101) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since 4 quarts is 1 gallon, the oil costs $8/gallon. 3 gallons of gasoline costs %5.85, for a grand total of $13.85 for all 4 gallons, which works out to $3.4625/gallon of the mixture.
RELATED QUESTIONS
A fuel blend is made from mixing 4 quarts of oil at $ 1.40 per quart with 2 gallons of... (answered by oberobic)

a fuel blend is made from mixing 1 quarts of oil at $1.70 per quart with 8 gallons of... (answered by rfer)

A landscaper combines 4 gallons of a 97% gasoline and 3% oil mix with 1/2 gallon of a... (answered by Deina)

a boat owner mixes together oil and gasoline to make 12 gallons of fuel for 8$ per... (answered by Maths68)

A boat owner mixes together oil and gasoline to make 40 gallons of fuel for his boat. The (answered by twinzmom)

1. Compare methane (CH4), octane (C8H18), methanol (CH3OH) and ethanol (C2H5OH) in terms... (answered by Solver92311)

Liz recently took a road trip. she bought 30 gallons of gasoline for $3.18 per gallon and (answered by josgarithmetic)

Joshua paid $26.50 for 10 gallons of gas and 2 quarts of oil. Anthony paid $23.58 for 8... (answered by ikleyn)

Lubricating oil worth 28 cents/quart is to be mixed with oil worth 33 cents/quart to make (answered by josgarithmetic,TimothyLamb)