Question

over the weekend trigg and craig drove to lake of the pines to go fishing. now they're preparing to go home
trigg needs gas for his jeep, which gets 27 miles per gallon for gas mileage. when he stops At the gas station,
he already have 8 gallons of gas in his tank. he buys more gas for 1.35$ per gallon.
If trigg spends $23.50 on gas, ehat is the total distance the boys could travel? round, if necessary, to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

First step: how many gallons of gas did he buy ?

Answer 2

it doesnt tell me how many did he buys it just tell me that he spend 23.50$

Answer 3

it also tells you the cost per gallon: 1.35 dollars per gallon
if he spent 1.35, he bought 1 gallon
if he spent 2.70, he bought 2 gallons.
but he spent 23.50

Answer 4

I would divide 23.50 by 1.35 to find out how many gallons he bought.

Answer 5

it was wrong :(

Answer 6

this problem takes a few steps. The first step is how many gallons did he buy ?

Answer 7

its a mastery test that i have to take.. i got it wrong so i have to star over again /:

Answer 8

For this problem, you find how much gas he bought.
you add in the 9 gallons of gas he already has in the tank to get how much gas he has.

then you multiply gallons of gas times miles per gallon to get the number of miles he can drive.

Answer 9

i have another one

Answer 10

erinn's basic cell phone plan charges $54.99 for service plus $0.18 per minute beyond the included 500 minutes in the plan.
How much will it cost erinn if she used her cell phone for 570 minutes in one month ?