SOLUTION: A car travels at 55.0 miles per hour and gets 10.0 kilometers per liter of gasoline. How many gallons of gasoline are needed for a 5.00 hour trip?

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Question 460324: A car travels at 55.0 miles per hour and gets 10.0 kilometers per liter of gasoline. How many gallons of gasoline are needed for a 5.00 hour trip?
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A car travels at 55.0 miles per hour and gets 10.0 kilometers per liter of gasoline.
How many gallons of gasoline are needed for a 5.00 hour trip?
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1 gal = 3.785 litera
then it gets
3.785 * 10 = 37.85 km/gal
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1 km = .6214 miles
.6214 * 37.85 = 23.52 mile/gal
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A five hr trip at 55 mph: 5 * 55 = 275 mi
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275%2F23.52 = 11.7 gal of gas to make the trip