Joe's taking a trip to see his grandmother he will drive a total of 476 miles round-trip he expects to take the highway and travel there on Thursday going to her house he thinks he'll average about 60 mph unfortunately he will have to come home on Sunday when traffic is bad so he'll probably only be able to average 50 miles an hour coming home his car gets good gas mileage so he thinks he'll get about 28 miles per gallon for the entire trip if gas costs $2.54 per gallon how much will just spend on gas to visit his grandmother
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Since Joe is driving 476 miles round-trip, the distance for each leg of the trip is 476 miles / 2 = 238 miles. Show more…
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