SOLUTION: If my car holds 15-18 gallons of gas and my destination is 808 miles away which takes 36.73 gallons of gas to get to and I leave with a full tank of gas how many times will I have

Question 896415: If my car holds 15-18 gallons of gas and my destination is 808 miles away which takes 36.73 gallons of gas to get to and I leave with a full tank of gas how many times will I have to fill it up?
Found 3 solutions by jim_thompson5910, harpazo, stanbon:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The distance of 808 miles really doesn't factor in because you know it takes 36.73 gallons to get there (it factored in before, but it doesn't matter now).

At worst, your car holds 15 gallons.
36.73/15 = 2.44866 which rounds up to 3.
Because you already start off with a full tank of 15 gallons, you really only need to fill up 3-1 = 2 times.

At best, your car holds 18 gallons.
36.73/18 = 2.04055 which rounds up to 3.
Same idea as above: you need to fill up your tank 2 times.

Note: by "fill up" I mean fill up *completely*.
Answer by harpazo(655)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It takes 36.73 gallons to reach 808 miles.
The car holds between 15 and 18 gallons of gas.
Say you put in the max amount of gas for the trip which is 18 gallons.

36.73 divided by 18 is about 2.

I'd say you would have to fill up the car twice to travel a distance of 808 miles.

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If my car holds 15-18 gallons of gas and my destination is 808 miles away which takes 36.73 gallons of gas to get to and I leave with a full tank of gas how many times will I have to fill it up?
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Equation: 36.73/18 = 2.2.04 tanks
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Ans: He starts with a full tank.
Then fills it after consuming 18 gallons.
Then fills it again to complete the journey.
Cheers,
Stan H.
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