SOLUTION: maria kept recored on how much she spent on gasoline and the maintenance on her car. she found that is cost 485 dollars to drive 500 miles in a month. find the cost per mile. find

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Question 246515: maria kept recored on how much she spent on gasoline and the maintenance on her car. she found that is cost 485 dollars to drive 500 miles in a month. find the cost per mile. find the cost for driving 1,200 miles and about how many miles are driven for a cost of 820 dollars?
Answer by rfer(16322)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
485/500=.97=97 cents per mile
1200*.97=$1164
820/.97=845.4 miles

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