Darnell's car used 8 gallons or gasoline to travel 340 miles. After a mechanic worked on the car, it used 7 gallons of gasoline to travel 350 miles. If the price of gasoline was approximately $4.00 per gallon, how much less to the nearest cent per mile did it coast to run the car after the mechanic worked on it

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23 June, 20:19

Darnell's car used 8 gallons or gasoline to travel 340 miles. After a mechanic worked on the car, it used 7 gallons of gasoline to travel 350 miles. If the price of gasoline was approximately $4.00 per gallon, how much less to the nearest cent per mile did it coast to run the car after the mechanic worked on it

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Joy Rodriguez · Answer 1

8 gallons/340 miles vs. 7 gallons/350 miles

$32/340 miles vs. $28/350 miles

$1.133/1 miles vs. $0.08/1 mile

113 cents/mile vs. 8 cents per mile

113 cents - 8 cents = 105 cents

The answer is 105 cents/mile.