SOLUTION: a fuel blend is made from mixing 4 quarts of oil at $2 per quart with 3 gallons of gasoline at $1.95 per gallon. What is the cost, to the nearest cent, of a gallon of the fuel mixt
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Question 293595: a fuel blend is made from mixing 4 quarts of oil at $2 per quart with 3 gallons of gasoline at $1.95 per gallon. What is the cost, to the nearest cent, of a gallon of the fuel mixture? Answer by brucewill(101) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Since 4 quarts is 1 gallon, the oil costs $8/gallon. 3 gallons of gasoline costs %5.85, for a grand total of $13.85 for all 4 gallons, which works out to $3.4625/gallon of the mixture.
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