Question

A cuple travels 420 miles to dr0p their dughter off at summer camp. The trip back has a short cut and is only 360 miles. And the gas mileage is 50% better
due to a lighter load. Write an expression for the total gas used and simplify.

Answer 1

The expression for the simplified total gas used is 1.43x.

How to write the expression of the total gas

let the gas used on the way to camp "x"

Then the gas used on the way back can be calculated as follows:

360 / 420 × 0.5 × x

To calculate the total fuel used, We need to add this to the 'x' used on the way.

Therefore,

total gas used = x + 360 / 420 × 0.5 × x = x + 0.43x = 1.43x

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