A car manufacturer claims that one of its new models will travel ...

[jessicacav]

A car manufacturer claims that one of its new models will travel 32 miles on one gallon of gasoline. If the claim is true, how far should it travel on 3 3/4 gallons of gasoline?

Question 2

Walter Fong borrowed 1,175 at 8 ordinary simple interest for 180 days. Compute the total amount that Walter will have to pay on the due date. (Use a 360-day year.)

[brittanywood]

Answer to Question 1

32  3 3/4 = 32/1  15/4 = 8/1  15/1 = 120 miles

Answer to Question 2

1,175  0.08  180/360 = 47; 1,175 + 47 = 1,222

[jessicacav]

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[gcook]

Gracias!