Show your work AND explain your reasoning using complete English sentences. Expl

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Show your work AND explain your reasoning using complete English sentences. Explanations must directly follow the solution for each part of the problem. The distance from New York City to Los Angeles is 4090 kilometers a. What is the distance in miles? (You must use unit fractions. Round to b. If your car averages 31 miles per gallon, how many gallons of gas can the nearest mile and be sure to include units.) you expect to use driving from New York to Los Angeles? (You must use unit fractions. Round to one decimal place and be sure to include units.)

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Ans. Let's stay the answer , straightaway

It is given that Distance Between New York City and Los Angeles = 4090 kilometers , Now moving to Part a

a) We know that 1 kilometer = 0.621 miles

So , in order to convert 4090 km into miles , we would have to multiply 4090 by 0.621

ie 4090 km = 4090 × 0.621 = 2540 miles ( approx )

So distance between New York City and Los Angeles is 2540 miles.

b) It is given that Car averages 31 miles per Gallon , so in order to find the gallons of gas used to cover 2540 miles , we need to divide it by 31 .

For 31 miles , we need = 1 gallon

For 1 mile , we would need = 1 gallon / 31

For 2540 miles ,we would need =( 1 / 31) × 2540

So , 2540 / 31 = 81.9 ( Approx )

So we would be needing ,81.9 gallons of gas to drive from New York to Los Angeles.

Note - These values are in approx , because in reality 1 mile = 0.62137 mile but I have taken 0.621 for ease of calculation.

I hope you understood the answer. Do ask in case of any doubts.

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Best of Luck !! Keep Chegging !!

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