$.32 ...a mile?

[underpants]

I just happened to have the chance/opportunity/task of driving a 2004 Chevy Tahoe

it took 7 gallons to fill it up (a quarter tank empty) so that is a 28 gallon tank... @$4 a gallon =$112 per fill up.

If IF it gets 13 MPG = 364 miles per tank

or $.32 in COST (aside from maintenance, taxes, and insurance) PER MILE

this says 13 MPG City 17 Highway for a 2004 Chevy Tahoe
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/20400.shtml

My wife already gave me grief about my carbon footprint being higher.

[Carnea]

1. Math isn't your strong suit I take it.

At $4 a gallon it would be .30 cents a mile 13 mpg divided by 4.

[underpants]

13. Huh? WHAT

Ooops

[Aviation Pro]

2. You got the decimal point wrong

Should read 112/364 not 364/112.

Answer: 31 cents/mile.

[underpants]

14. I CHANGED IT

I'll just be over here :spannk:

[hugo_from_TN]

20. Close, but still wrong.

$0.31 is the correct answer. You're inverting your calculation.

[underpants]

21. 0.7734

:hi:

[fed-up]

24. while everyone was discussing the math errors gas prices increased another 50 cents per gallon-:) nt

[gullwing300]

3. I have some spare decimal points lying around, be happy to send you a few!

:D

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. $112/364 = .31 $/mi you had mi/$

[L0oniX]

5. What's it like to be a rocket scientist? LMFAO

[Aviation Pro]

6. Math rules....

...we need more math.

[MercutioATC]

7. Your math is WAAAAY off.

Keep it simple.

It gets 13MPG.

A gallon of gas costs $4.

So, for every $4 you go 13 miles.

$4 divided by 13 = $.307....or roughly 31 cents per mile.

[underpants]

18. I wouldn't say WAAAY off

it was just two decimal points

:spank:

[MercutioATC]

23. True

:)

[JBoy]

22. Right answer, but should be calculated this way:

It's a 2004 Tahoe, gets 364 miles per tank at 17 mpg city. Costs $112 to fill, at $4 per gallon.

2004/364/17*(112-4)/112 = 0.312 or $.31 per mile.

[gatorboy]

8. Underpants, just delete this thread while there's still time and walk away...

[underpants]

19. NOPE

If I screw up (IF?) I leave it out there....well except for changing the original post

:bounce::evilgrin::spank:

[Vickers]

9. Your math is off...

...it's actually $325.00 per mile !!!!11!!1!!!!!11!!!!

[underpants]

17. Yeah

I GOT THAT

:spank:

[madinmaryland]

10. No wonder you quit being the DU Hurricane Forecaster!

:rofl:

[islandmkl]

11. this is a tough place to f*** up some math....

kind of the reason i live across the state from the NASA folks....

well, that and my beach is nicer than their launching pads...

[Aviation Pro]

25. You've never been to Ponce Inlet during a launch....

....

[islandmkl]

26. yeah, i have...the launches are great....

but nothing like the beach down the street...

[FSogol]

12. F. "Underpants, please see me after class."

;-)

[underpants]

15. d'OH!

:spank:

I have an excuse, I have a note its even signed...by Epstein's mother

[rucky]

16. Imagine our cars had coin slots on them

or card-swipers that allowed them to run.

Is it worth it? What's the true cost of getting to work?