Scenario: You need gas for your car, and just as you are approaching where you normally get gas, the radio station announces that the CheapGas station four miles away is selling gas $0.37 per gallon cheaper.    Would you travel the four miles to CheapGas to save money?  In addition to a definitive yes or no answer, provide the mathematical calculations you used in making the decision and then explain in a few sentences why you would travel to CheapGas or why you would not travel to CheapGas. There is not one correct answer, but the reasoning provided must be correct to support your decision.

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Scenario: You need gas for your car, and just as you are approaching where you normally get gas, the radio station announces that the CheapGas station four miles away is selling gas $0.37 per gallon cheaper.   

Would you travel the four miles to CheapGas to save money?  In addition to a definitive yes or no answer, provide the mathematical calculations you used in making the decision and then explain in a few sentences why you would travel to CheapGas or why you would not travel to CheapGas. There is not one correct answer, but the reasoning provided must be correct to support your decision. 

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