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When I was recently living in Germany, the cost of gasoline was about 1.60 euro per liter. The most I could pump to fill up the empty tank on my VW Golf was 50.00 euro worth of gas at a time, after which amount the gas pump would shut off. This 50.00 euro worth of gas would last for about 190 km. (A) Given that the currency exchange rate was $1.00 = 1.12 euro, what was the cost of gasoline in dollars per gallon? (B) What was my gas mileage (fuel efficiency) in miles per gallon?

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    5 years ago

    190km X 0.62137mi/km = 118.06 miles

    50 euro X $1 / 1.12euro = $44.643

    50euro / (1.60euro/L) = 31.25 L

    31.25 L X 0.26417 gal/L = 8.2553 gal

    a) $44.643 / 8.2553 gal = $5.408 /gal <<< answer

    b) 118.06 miles / 8.2553 gal = 14.301 miles/gal <<< answer

    What were you driving? That is terrible mileage.

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