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To Estimate: The number of gallons of gasoline consumed by the total of all automobiles drivers.
Answer to Problem 40GP
Explanation of Solution
Formula used:
Number of gallons of gasoline consumedcanbe calculated by the fraction of the product of the no. of vehicles run and distance travelled by the vehicle’s average.
Calculation:
Assume that the population is approximately
Therefore, total number of automobiles is
Let, each automobile travels
Number of gallons of gasoline is:
Conclusion:
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