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Long, Long Ago. It would depend of course on location, the State and the Country. In the days before emission standards and multi- grade fuel, when no one had heard terms like lead free, ethanol added and high octane gasoline, it was only distinguished by its color. Red gasoline was for automobiles and green gasoline on which there was no taxation was for agricultural and industrial use. In Oklahoma in about 1948 you could buy five gallons for a dollar. A decade later it had reached the unheard of price of 35 cents. (An alternative was to go to a well head and drain off a few gallons of "Sump Gas" and pop it into your tank. It ran poorly, promptly destroyed the engine, and required clandestine midnight requisition, but it worked.
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What will it cost if car gets 35 miles to the gallon and travels 161 miles?
161/35 = 4.6 gallons. You need to know the price of gas to solve this. 4.6 x cost/gallon = cost At $3.70 per gallon, that is about $17.00 .
What will it cost if a car gets 35 miles to the gallon and travels 161 miles if the price of gas is 3.72?
If you are able to go without stopping and get 35 miles per gallon the whole way, then you would use 4.6 gallons, which means it would cost about $17.11.
If pencils are bought at 35 cents per dozen and sold at 3 pencils for 10 cents the total profit on 66 pencils is?
35 cents/12 = 2.927 cents each bought at selling at ( 10/3) 3.333 cents 3.333 cents - 2.927 cents = 0.406 cents profit per pencil 0.406 cents * 66 pencils = 26.796 cents ( call it 27 cents profit on a sale of 66 pencils )
What is 35 cents plus 80 cents?
35 cents + 80 cents = 115 cents = $1.15
How many miles per gallon on a ford focus zetec se 1.6?
35
