You plan to take a 1648 mile trip in your car, which averages 32 miles per gallon. How many gallons of gasoline should you expect to use? Would a car that has only half the gasoline mileage require twice as much gasoline for the same trip?

You plan to take a 1648 mile trip in your car, which averages 32 miles per gallon. How many gallons of gasoline should you expect to use? Would a car that has only half the gasoline mileage require twice as much gasoline for the same trip?

Algebra for College Students

10th Edition

ISBN:9781285195780

Author:Jerome E. Kaufmann, Karen L. Schwitters

Publisher:Jerome E. Kaufmann, Karen L. Schwitters

Chapter12: Algebra Of Matrices

Section12.CM: Cumulative Review Problem Set

Problem 106CM

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