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The car gets 20 miles per gallon. If you start with a full tank of gas, how many entire days can you commute until you need to refill the tank?
Info given:
9.9 km to get to work, 11.5 gallon tank

Question

HELP! will give medals!
The car gets 20 miles per gallon. If you start with a full tank of gas, how many entire days can you commute until you need to refill the tank?
Info given: 
9.9 km to get to work, 11.5 gallon tank

x3_drummerchick · Answer

i tried doing 20miles X 11.5 gallon tank = 230 miles for tank. then i did 9.9km (time 2 because to and from work) = 19.8km, converted the km to miles and got 12.303. then i did 230/12.303 and got 18.69 days. it says its wrong. i dont know what to do

mathmale · Answer

Using the given info, determine how many miles the car can be driven before all 11.5 gallons of gas have been used up.

You are correct in stating that '9.9 km" has to be converted to miles.  Please do this conversion.  Show your work.

mathmale · Answer

You are also correct in multiplying 9.9 Km by 2, or by mult. the distance in miles by 2.

x3_drummerchick · Answer

i dont know where to go from there

mathmale · Answer

I've already asked you to convert 9.9 Km to miles.  Do that now, please, showing your work.

mathmale · Answer

You either need to know the conversion factor for Km to miles, or be able to find it quickly through an Internet search.

1 mile = ? Km

x3_drummerchick · Answer

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