For a trip of 750 miles (in the United States), how many gallons of fuel does (a) the mistaken tourist believe she needs and (b) the car actually require?

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Hi I need to learn how to solve this with part A B C and D please I’m really stuck if you can help me, thank you A) sketch the situation given in the problem. B) equation of the problem. C) Numeric solution D) unit check and number check. How can I know A B c D
A tourist purchases a car in England and ships it home to the
United States. The car sticker advertised that the car's fuel
consumption was at the rate of 40 miles per gallon on the open
road. The tourist does not realizehat the U.K. gallon differs
from the U.S. gallon:
1 U.K. gallon = 4.546 090 0 liters
1 U.S. gallon = 3.785 411 8 liters.
For a trip of 750 miles (in the United States), how many gallons
of fuel does (a) the mistaken tourist believe she needs and (b)
the car actually require?
501 / 5000
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Transcribed Image Text:A tourist purchases a car in England and ships it home to the United States. The car sticker advertised that the car's fuel consumption was at the rate of 40 miles per gallon on the open road. The tourist does not realizehat the U.K. gallon differs from the U.S. gallon: 1 U.K. gallon = 4.546 090 0 liters 1 U.S. gallon = 3.785 411 8 liters. For a trip of 750 miles (in the United States), how many gallons of fuel does (a) the mistaken tourist believe she needs and (b) the car actually require? 501 / 5000 Historial Guardado MacBook Pro
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