You and your friends are organizing a trip to Europe. Your plan is to rent a car
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Question
You and your friends are organizing a trip to Europe. Your plan is to rent a car and drive through the major European capitals. By consulting a map you estimate that you will cover a total distance of 5000 m km. Consider the euro-dollar exchange rate given in the introduction and use dimensional analysis to work through these simple problems.1)You select a rental package that includes a car with an average consumption of 6.00 liters of fuel per 100 km. Considering that in Europe the average fuel cost is 1.063 euros/ liter, how much (in US dollars) will you spend in fuel on your trip? (i got this one) the answer is 383 USD
2)How many gallons of fuel would the rental car consume per mile? (i need help with this question)
conversion 1 EUR = 1.20USD
Explanation / Answer
2) the rental car consumes 6 liters/100km
6l=6/3.7854=1.585 gallons
100km=100/1.6093 miles=62.14 miles
Therefore consumption=1.585/62.14=0.0255 gallons/mile
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