Suppose that your car gets 30 miles/gallon and gasoline costs $2.21/gallon.
The cost of operating the gasoline-fueled car in cents/mile
2006-08-26 02:29:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Change $2.21 to cents. 221. Divide 221 by 30 get cents per mile. 7.37 cents per mile is the answer
2006-08-26 02:37:21 · answer #1 · answered by teacher2006 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Divide 30 by 2.21 and get 13.575 cents/mile.
2006-08-26 09:35:44 · answer #2 · answered by HoneyBearCub 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Divide cost per gallon by 30 miles.
About 7.4 cents per mile.
That's not the full cost of operation.
Depreciation
Insurance
Maintenance
"Garage", avg. 400 sq feet of home construction.
Depreciation on my car, Blue Book.
3 years, $1.00 per mile. This does diminish over additional miles.
2006-08-26 09:45:30 · answer #3 · answered by ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2.21/30 = $ 0.073666/mile or 7.3666 cents/mile
2006-08-26 09:34:19 · answer #4 · answered by yadayada 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋