station A, which is on your normal route home, is saling gas for 2.90 gallons. if u go to station B. u can get gas at sales gas for 2.75 gallons. but your route home will be 5 miles longer 10 minutes longer. if your car gets 20 miles per gallon and has 13 gallon tank, would u go out of your way to get gas there? explain how you made your choice?
2006-09-04 06:34:30 · 3 answers · asked by beauty mirna 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
difference 13(2.90-2.75)=13(0.15)=$1.95
gallons for 5 miles@20 miles/gallon
=1/4
cost=1/4(2.75)=$0.68
savings would be $1.27 in $35.75
and additional 10 min driving.not worth it
2006-09-04 06:40:53 · answer #1 · answered by raj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you would because it would take 5 miles to get there which is 1/4 of a gallon and you only save 15 cents a gallon. 13*15 is 1.95 and 2.75/4 is .6875 so you would only "save" $1.3 for 10 minutes of my time if I had 0 gallons inside my tank by the time I reached there.
2006-09-04 13:45:29 · answer #2 · answered by Robin C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why dont u go to ask.com and type in homework help because i dont think anyone would want to do this problem and waste there good time on it.
2006-09-04 13:40:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋