SOLUTION: When Justin goes to work, he drives an average speed of 65 miles per hour. It takes about 1hour and 30 minutes for Justin to arrive at work. His car travels about 25 miles per gall

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Question 774162: When Justin goes to work, he drives an average speed of 65 miles per hour. It takes about 1hour and 30 minutes for Justin to arrive at work. His car travels about 25 miles per gallon of gas if gas costs $3.65 per gallon. How much money does Justin spend to travel each mile to work?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
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Two kinds of uniform rates are involved with this problem. One is travel rate and one is fuel efficiency.

Traveling: 65%2A1.5=97.5 miles

Cost of Going to Work : 97.5%281%2F25%29%2A3.65 mile%28gal%2Fmile%29%28dollar%2Fgal%29

Actual PRICE per gallon only requires the fuel efficiency and gasoline price.
3.65%281%2F25%29=highlight%280.15%29 %28dollars%2Fgal%29%28gal%2Fmile%29=highlight%28dollars%2Fgal%29
Price is 15 cents per mile.
This is in fact all that is really asked.