Question

a family drove their minivan across the country traveling from los angeles to miami the trip covered 2950 miles if the average price for gas along the trip was $3.20 a gal and the family paid $377.60 for gas during the trip how many gal of gas did they use?

Answer 1

Don't get distracted by the miles given in the problem. It has nothing to do with the question. Use dimensional analysis\[$377.60 \times \frac{1~gal}{$3.20}=gallons~used\]

Answer 2

I think the answer is close to 118 gallons.