On Sunday Mrs Scott drove for 10 hours at an average speed of 60 miles per hour on Sunday she drove for 10 hours at an average speed of 55 miles per hour her car can travel 25 miles for each gallon of gas how may gallons of gas did Mrs Scott use on both days
Which is it? Sunday at 60 mph Or at 55 mph?
When did she travel at 60 mph?
Sunday she drove for 10 hours
Jenny, please answer my last question.
Do you have a typo in the original problem?
No
Ohh?? How do you explain this?
On Sunday Mrs Scott drove for 10 hours at an average speed of 60 miles per hour
On Sunday she drove for 10 hours at an average speed of 55 miles per hour
That's what it saying in my paper
Then we can't answer the problem since it has an error.
...all by myself...
To find the total gallons of gas Mrs. Scott used on both days, we need to calculate the distance traveled each day and then divide it by the car's mileage.
First, let's find the distance traveled on Sunday. We can use the formula: Distance = Speed × Time.
On Sunday:
Distance = 60 miles/hour × 10 hours = 600 miles.
Now, let's find the distance traveled on Monday:
Distance = 55 miles/hour × 10 hours = 550 miles.
To find the total distance traveled on both days, we add the distances:
Total distance = 600 miles + 550 miles = 1150 miles.
Since the car can travel 25 miles per gallon, we divide the total distance by 25 to find the total gallons of gas used:
Total gallons of gas = 1150 miles ÷ 25 miles/gallon = 46 gallons.
Therefore, Mrs. Scott used 46 gallons of gas on both Sunday and Monday.