SOLUTION: On the way to her friends house, susan pulls into a gas station just as her car runs out of gas. This station 3.32 per gallon of gas. Susan calculates if she drives at an average s

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Question 896839: On the way to her friends house, susan pulls into a gas station just as her car runs out of gas. This station 3.32 per gallon of gas. Susan calculates if she drives at an average speed of 65 miles per hour for the remainder of the trip, it will take her 1 hour and 30 minutes to reach her friends house. If the gas mileage on susans car is 30 miles per gallon, How much will it cost Susan to get to her friends house?
Answer by JulietG(1812) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I would LOVE to find a station with gas at $3.32 (Isn't that sad? Just a few years ago it was under $2).
65 mph * 1.5 hours = 97.5 miles to her friend's house.
She gets great mileage at 30 mpg
97.5 miles / 30 mpg = 3.25 gallons
3.25 gallons at $3.32/gallon = $10.79