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PROBLEM

Dimitri's car gets 21 miles/gallon with a 12-gallon tank. Can he drive 202.4 miles? Show calculations and use dimensional analysis.

STEP 1

Assumptions1. Dimitri's car has a fuel efficiency of21 miles per gallon. His tank is full with12 gallons of gas3. The distance from Cincinnati to Toledo is202.4 miles

STEP 2

First, we need to find out how many miles Dimitri can drive with his full tank of gas. We can do this by multiplying the fuel efficiency of his car (in miles per gallon) by the number of gallons in his tank.
Mileshecandrive=FuelefficiencytimesNumberofgallonsMiles\, he\, can\, drive = Fuel\, efficiency \\times Number\, of\, gallons

STEP 3

Now, plug in the given values for the fuel efficiency and number of gallons to calculate the miles he can drive.
Mileshecandrive=21miles/gallontimes12gallonsMiles\, he\, can\, drive =21\, miles/gallon \\times12\, gallons

STEP 4

Calculate the miles Dimitri can drive with his full tank of gas.
Mileshecandrive=21miles/gallontimes12gallons=252milesMiles\, he\, can\, drive =21\, miles/gallon \\times12\, gallons =252\, miles

STEP 5

Now that we know how many miles Dimitri can drive with his full tank of gas, we can compare this to the distance from Cincinnati to Toledo to see if he has enough gas.
If the miles he can drive is greater than or equal to the distance from Cincinnati to Toledo, then he has enough gas. Otherwise, he does not.
MileshecandriveDistancefromCincinnatitoToledoMiles\, he\, can\, drive \geq Distance\, from\, Cincinnati\, to\, Toledo

STEP 6

Plug in the values for the miles he can drive and the distance from Cincinnati to Toledo.
252miles202.4miles252\, miles \geq202.4\, miles

SOLUTION

Evaluate the inequality.
Since252 miles is greater than202.4 miles, Dimitri has enough gas to drive from Cincinnati to Toledo.

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