A military patrol boat consumes 40 gallons of fuel per hour and travels at a constant speed of 20 miles per hour. If the boat completes a round trip to an island 60 miles away, how many gallons of fuel will it use in total?
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Cevap
The boat will use a total of 240 gallons of fuel.
First, find the total distance for the round trip, which is miles ( miles each way). At a speed of miles per hour, the entire trip takes hours (). Since the boat burns gallons per hour, multiply the time by the fuel rate to find the total fuel consumed: gallons.
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Anahtar Kavram
Calculating total fuel consumption for a round trip using speed, distance, and fuel rate.
Alternatif Yöntem
Find the fuel consumption per mile first: gallons per hour miles per hour = gallons per mile. Then, multiply this rate by the total round-trip distance: miles gallons per mile = gallons.
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