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last month i wrote down the following facts while on my delivery job: i work 5 days a week for 8 hours a day, last month i worked 20 days, my truck gets 21 miles per gallon, i drive at an average speed of 45 miles per hour, i drive about 350 miles per day, gas cost $3.499 per gallon. how much did i spend on gas last month?
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\n" ); document.write( "so total miles driven in the month is
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\n" ); document.write( "20(350)=7000 miles
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\n" ); document.write( "to find the gallons used you need to divide by 21 which is the trucks miles per gallon
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\n" ); document.write( "7000/21=333.33 gallons were purchased and used:
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\n" ); document.write( "and to figure gas costs for the month we need to multiply gallons of gas used by price per gallon
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28333.33%283.499%29=1166.32%29\"$ dollars \n" ); document.write( "

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