document.write( "Question 614764: A car begins a trip with 12 gallons of gasoline in the tank and ended with 7 1/2 gallons. The car traveled 17.3 miles for each gallon of gasoline. During the trip gasoline was bought for $10.00, at a cost of $1.25 per gallon. The total number of miles traveled during the trip was most nearly
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document.write( "A)79
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document.write( "B)196
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document.write( "C)216
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document.write( "D)229
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document.write( "E)236 \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #386749 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! A car begins a trip with 12 gallons of gasoline in the tank and ended with 7 1/2 gallons. The car traveled 17.3 miles for each gallon of gasoline. During the trip gasoline was bought for $10.00, at a cost of $1.25 per gallon. The total number of miles traveled during the trip was most nearly \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "d = 17.3(12 - 7.5 + \n" ); document.write( "d = 17.3(4.5 + 8) \n" ); document.write( "d ~ 216 \n" ); document.write( " |