Philip is going on a 4,000-mile road trip with three friends. The car consumes 12 gallons of gas per 400 miles, and gas costs $2.50 per gallon. It'll will cost Philip and his friends $300 total for gas. If Philip and his friends want to split the cost of gas evenly, how much should they each pay?

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Camryn Macdonald

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23 October, 22:13

Philip is going on a 4,000-mile road trip with three friends. The car consumes 12 gallons of gas per 400 miles, and gas costs $2.50 per gallon. It'll will cost Philip and his friends $300 total for gas. If Philip and his friends want to split the cost of gas evenly, how much should they each pay?

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Jairo Wall · Answer 1

Well in this question there is lots of unnecessary information. u only need to know as total they need to pay300. then there're 4people in total in the trip, 300/4=75