QuestionKevin drove 95 miles and Amanda drove 125 miles. How many more gallons did Kevin use than Amanda if his truck uses 1 gallon/15 miles and hers uses 1 gallon/40 miles?
Studdy Solution
STEP 1
Assumptions1. Kevin drove95 miles. Amanda drove125 miles3. Kevin's truck uses one gallon of gasoline every15 miles4. Amanda's car uses one gallon of gasoline every40 miles
STEP 2
First, we need to find out how many gallons of gasoline Kevin's truck used. We can do this by dividing the distance Kevin drove by the truck's fuel efficiency.
STEP 3
Now, plug in the given values for Kevin's distance and the truck's fuel efficiency to calculate Kevin's gasoline usage.
STEP 4
Calculate Kevin's gasoline usage.
STEP 5
Next, we need to find out how many gallons of gasoline Amanda's car used. We can do this by dividing the distance Amanda drove by the car's fuel efficiency.
STEP 6
Now, plug in the given values for Amanda's distance and the car's fuel efficiency to calculate Amanda's gasoline usage.
STEP 7
Calculate Amanda's gasoline usage.
STEP 8
Now that we have both Kevin's and Amanda's gasoline usage, we can find out how many more gallons of gasoline Kevin's truck used than Amanda's car. We can do this by subtracting Amanda's gasoline usage from Kevin's gasoline usage.
STEP 9
Plug in the values for Kevin's gasoline usage and Amanda's gasoline usage to calculate the difference in gasoline usage.
STEP 10
Calculate the difference in gasoline usage.
Kevin's truck used approximately3.205 more gallons of gasoline than Amanda's car to reach the amusement park.
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