SOLUTION: A car has travelled 40 miles at 40mph. It started its journey with eight gallons of fuel but its tank has been leaking throughout the journey and is now dry. The car completes 30

Question 850822: A car has travelled 40 miles at 40mph.
It started its journey with eight gallons of fuel but its tank has been leaking throughout the journey and is now dry. The car completes 30 miles per gallon. How many gallons of fuel does it leak per hour?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
( miles ) / ( mi/hr ) = hrs driven
hr
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( miles ) / ( miles/gallon ) = gallons
gal used
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gal
6.667 gallons leaked in 1 hr

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