SOLUTION: A car travels at 55.0 miles per hour and gets 10.0 kilometers per liter of gasoline. How many gallons of gasoline are needed for a 5.00 hour trip?

Question 460324: A car travels at 55.0 miles per hour and gets 10.0 kilometers per liter of gasoline. How many gallons of gasoline are needed for a 5.00 hour trip?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A car travels at 55.0 miles per hour and gets 10.0 kilometers per liter of gasoline.
How many gallons of gasoline are needed for a 5.00 hour trip?
:
1 gal = 3.785 litera
then it gets
3.785 * 10 = 37.85 km/gal
:
1 km = .6214 miles
.6214 * 37.85 = 23.52 mile/gal
:
A five hr trip at 55 mph: 5 * 55 = 275 mi
:
= 11.7 gal of gas to make the trip
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