SOLUTION: Determine how much each vehicle will cost to drive for only gas and/ or rental On the vacation they will be traveling 650 miles by car. They owe a truck that gets 27mpg that uses

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Question 1074550: Determine how much each vehicle will cost to drive for only gas and/ or rental
On the vacation they will be traveling 650 miles by car. They owe a truck that gets 27mpg that uses diesel gas, They could also rent a car that gets 45mpg using regular gas for $40/day.
The trip will last 3 days and the current cost of diesel gas averages $2.65 wile the cost of regular gas is currently about $2.30

Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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Truck:
650%2A%281%2F27%29%2A2.65

Rent Car:
3%2A40%2B650%281%2F45%29%2A2.30


Compute each cost and compare.