Darnells's car used 8 gallons of gasoline to travel 340 miles. After a mechanic worked on the car it used 7 gallons of gasoline to travel 350 miles. If the price of the gasoline was approximately $4.00 a gallon, to the nearest cent per mile, did it cost to run the car after the mechanic worked on it

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Stanton

29 September, 13:04

Darnells's car used 8 gallons of gasoline to travel 340 miles. After a mechanic worked on the car it used 7 gallons of gasoline to travel 350 miles. If the price of the gasoline was approximately $4.00 a gallon, to the nearest cent per mile, did it cost to run the car after the mechanic worked on it

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Shane Wright · Answer 1

If it is $4.00 per gallon then we need to find the price of 7 gallons.

7 * 4.00 = 28

so it costs $28 to travel 350 miles.

no to find the cost per mile, we need to divide.

350 / 28 = 12.5

so the cost to run the car per mile is $12.50