SOLUTION: You need to buy some chicken for dinner tonight. You found an ad showing that the store across town has it on sale for $3.29 a pound, which is cheaper than your usual neighborhood

Question 1200665: You need to buy some chicken for dinner tonight. You found an ad showing that the store across town has it on sale for $3.29 a pound, which is cheaper than your usual neighborhood store, which sells it for $3.49 a pound. Is it worth the extra drive?
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How much chicken will you be buying? 7 pounds
How much far are the two stores? My neighborhood store is 2.4 miles away, and takes about 8 minutes. The store across town is 8.7 miles away, and takes about 24 minutes.
How kind of mileage does your car get? It averages about 18 miles per gallon in the city.
How many gallons does your car hold? About 17 gallons
How much is gas? About $3.72/gallon right now.
The cheaper option saves you $____ (Give your answer to the nearest cent.)

Answer by ikleyn(52847) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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This problem is not so original as somebody may think.

Several TWIN problems were posted and solved at this forum some time ago (several years ago ?)

You may find them (for free) using GOOGLE search, by loading the first line into the search engine.

The problems are not literally the same (the numbers are different), but give a direction and may serve as templates.

I myself am not so inspired to make this routine job, where you (and anybody else) will learn nothing useful.

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