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 hallon for gas mileage. When he stops at the gas station, he already had 8 gallons of gas in his tank. He buys more gas for $1.35 per gallon.

If Trigg spends $23.50 on gas, what is the total distance the boys could travel? Round, if necessary, to the nearest tenth.

@Mertsj

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 hallon for gas mileage. When he stops at the gas station, he already had 8 gallons of gas in his tank. He buys more gas for $1.35 per gallon.

If Trigg spends $23.50 on gas, what is the total distance the boys could travel? Round, if necessary, to the nearest tenth.

@Mertsj

mertsj · Answer

Well let me think...he spent 23.50 on gas.  Each gallon cost 1.35.  How many gallons did he get?

anonymous · Answer

17 gallons? I did 23.50 divided by 1.35

mertsj · Answer

yes.  Actually 17.4 gallons

anonymous · Answer

Okay :)

mertsj · Answer

But he already had 8 gallons in his tank so how many gallons does he have now?

anonymous · Answer

17.4 + 8 gallons = 25.4 gallons, correct?

mertsj · Answer

Good.  And his car gets pretty good gas mileage because he can go 27 miles on each gallon. So how far can he get on his 25.4 gallons?

anonymous · Answer

How do I figure that out? =/

anonymous · Answer

Oh wiat sorry blonde moment.. 27 times 25.4 :P

anonymous · Answer

685.8, right?

mertsj · Answer

yes.  I knew you could do that.

mertsj · Answer

That's what I got.

anonymous · Answer

So the final answer is 685.8? :)

mertsj · Answer

Yep  because it asks what total distance could they travel.

anonymous · Answer

Okay, thanks so much! (: Wrote you a testimonial haha (:

mertsj · Answer

Thank you for that.  Good luck.

anonymous · Answer

Thanks. :) It states it was wrong though. Did they want 685.80? :O

mertsj · Answer

It says round to the nearest tenth and that would be 685.8.  
Check to make sure there isn't a typo in the problem.  Maybe one of the numbers is wrong.

anonymous · Answer

Nope, everything was right.. I'll contact my teacher about this and reference him to this to see why it may be wrong.(:

anonymous · Answer

Thanks tho! :D

mertsj · Answer

@Dakotafox79 
Question: Over the weekend, Trigg and Craig drove to Lake 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 millage. When he stops at the gas station he already has 5 gallons of gas in his tank. He buys more gas for $1.25 for galllon. How far will he go for $23.50 on gas. Round to nearest tenth. Please & thnk you :D

mertsj · Answer

I found that problem in the Open Study archives.  Please notice that the cost of the gas is 1.25 per gallon NOT 1.35 per gallon

anonymous · Answer

Oh, oops. Sorry :P