I am running a test. I would like everyone who reads this post to leave a comment with an answer the following question.
You are planning a vacation in France. You will be renting a car and driving 500 kilometers. The rental car gets 35 mpg. The exchange rate is $1.35 per euro. Gas in France costs 1.5 euros per liter. 1 mile = 1.61 kilometers. 1 gallon = 3.79 liters. How much, in dollars, will you spend on gas?
Also, if you don't mind, can you tell me how long it took you to solve? Thanks.
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$67.97, assuming you purchase only the gas you'd burn....and about 2 minutes.
I let Bob figure it out, sit back and enjoy the ride :-) - I'll send you some pictures!
Yeek. A word problem. Haven't seen one of these in a while... Assuming this is a one-way route (or has round trip already figured in), and the car is returned with the same amount of gas it had when it was obtained:
Ok, after a horribly mangled attempt with just pen and paper wherein E got bogged down trying to remember where to move decimals, E realized kmpg had never been converted to kmpl.
So, E started over with calculator. 4 and a half minutes later, the outcome was US$ 68.14, give or take 3-4 cents for at least one accidentally left out significant digit.
I got $68.10; yeah, several minutes.
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