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). (a) How much does it cost to derive 100 miles if your cat gets 25 miles per gallon and the
asoline costs 2.50/gallon.
b). Find a formula that gives the cost C as a function of m, g, and d. Be sure to state the units of
each variable,
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a How much does it cost to derive 100 miles if your cat gets 25 miles per gallon and theasoline costs 250gallonb Find a formula that gives the cost C as a func class=

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well, for a)

the car does 25mpg, how about for 100 miles?
well, 100 is 4 * 25, so that means for 100 miles, the car will use up 4 gallons

now, each gallon is $2.5, so the total cost for that will be 4 * 2.5

for b)

m = miles
g = gallons
d = distance in miles

[tex]\bf \begin{array}{llllll} C=&d&\cdot &\cfrac{2.5}{g}&\cdot &\cfrac{25g}{m}\\ &\uparrow &&\uparrow &&\uparrow \\ &miles&&\textit{money per gallon}&&\textit{rate of consumption}\\ &&&&&\textit{of the car} \end{array}[/tex]

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