SOLUTION: The fuel tank of a compact truck holds 17 gallons. On a full tank, the truck can travel about 408 miles in the city or 476 miles on the highway. The fuel tank of a compact car hold

Question 619475: The fuel tank of a compact truck holds 17 gallons. On a full tank, the truck can travel about 408 miles in the city or 476 miles on the highway. The fuel tank of a compact car holds 14 gallons. On a full tank, the car can travel about 364 miles in the city or 490 miles on the highway.
How many hours of highway driving are required for each to empty its tank? Assume an average speed of 60 miles per hour.
Thank you so much.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There is a lot of extra info which needs to be ignored.
For this problem, it doesn't matter how many gallons each vehicle holds.
It doesn't matter, for this problem, how many miles it gets in the city.
The truck travels 476 miles at 60 miles an hour. 476/60
The car travels 490 at 60 miles per hour. 490/60

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