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The Official Guide For GMAT® Quantitative Review, 2ND Edition

An automobile's gasoline mileage varies, depending on the speed of the automobile, between 18.0 and 22.4 miles per gallon, inclusive. What is the maximum distance, in miles, that the automobile could be driven on 15 gallons of gasoline?

(A) 336
(B) 320
(C) 303
(D) 284
(E) 270

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Category: Arithmetic Operations on rational numbers
Page: 66
Difficulty: 600


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Re: An automobile's gasoline mileage varies, depending on the sp [#permalink] New post   14 Jan 2014, 01:06
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An automobile's gasoline mileage varies, depending on the speed of the automobile, between 18.0 and 22.4 miles per gallon, inclusive. What is the maximum distance, in miles, that the automobile could be driven on 15 gallons of gasoline?

(A) 336
(B) 320
(C) 303
(D) 284
(E) 270

To find the maximum distance, we should use maximum mileage per gallon. Thus, the maximum distance would be (22.4 miles per gallon) * (15 gallons) = 336 miles.

Answer: A.
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Re: An automobile's gasoline mileage varies, depending on the sp [#permalink] New post   14 Jan 2014, 08:42
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[quote="Bunuel"]The Official Guide For GMAT® Quantitative Review, 2ND Edition

An automobile's gasoline mileage varies, depending on the speed of the automobile, between 18.0 and 22.4 miles per gallon, inclusive. What is the maximum distance, in miles, that the automobile could be driven on 15 gallons of gasoline?

(A) 336
(B) 320
(C) 303
(D) 284
(E) 270

Problem Solving
Question: 37
Category: Arithmetic Operations on rational numbers
Page: 66
Difficulty: 600


Mileage ranges from 18 (worst case scenario) to 22.4 (best/optimal consumption scenario).
Maximum distance that a car can be driven with 15 gallons can be achieved if the driver's speed is optimal, hence:
15*22.4 = 336

Ans: A
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Re: An automobile's gasoline mileage varies, depending on the sp [#permalink] New post   14 Jan 2014, 09:20
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The Official Guide For GMAT® Quantitative Review, 2ND Edition

An automobile's gasoline mileage varies, depending on the speed of the automobile, between 18.0 and 22.4 miles per gallon, inclusive. What is the maximum distance, in miles, that the automobile could be driven on 15 gallons of gasoline?

(A) 336
(B) 320
(C) 303
(D) 284
(E) 270



The max mileage = 22.4, so max distance can be traveled = 22.4*15 = 224 + 112 = 336 - Option A)
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Re: An automobile's gasoline mileage varies, depending on the sp [#permalink] New post   14 Jan 2014, 22:10
Since the maximum distance can be travelled when the mileage is maximum, we can take 22.4miles per gallon as our mileage in order to achieve maximum distance per mile, d.
Here, since the no. of gallons is 15, maximum distance = 22.4 * 15 = 336 miles.

Ans is (A)
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Re: An automobile's gasoline mileage varies, depending on the sp [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2014, 21:42
Distance will be maximum when the mileage will be maximum.

Since, 1 gallon of gasoline can travel 22.4 miles,

Therefore, 15 gallons of gasoline will travel 22.4*15= 336

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Re: An automobile's gasoline mileage varies, depending on the sp [#permalink] New post   18 Jan 2014, 05:51
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An automobile's gasoline mileage varies, depending on the speed of the automobile, between 18.0 and 22.4 miles per gallon, inclusive. What is the maximum distance, in miles, that the automobile could be driven on 15 gallons of gasoline?

(A) 336
(B) 320
(C) 303
(D) 284
(E) 270

To find the maximum distance, we should use maximum mileage per gallon. Thus, the maximum distance would be (22.4 miles per gallon) * (15 gallons) = 336 miles.

Answer: A.
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Re: An automobile's gasoline mileage varies, depending on the sp [#permalink] New post   18 Jan 2014, 23:45
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An automobile's gasoline mileage varies, depending on the speed of the automobile, between 18.0 and 22.4 miles per gallon, inclusive. What is the maximum distance, in miles, that the automobile could be driven on 15 gallons of gasoline?

(A) 336
(B) 320
(C) 303
(D) 284
(E) 270

To find the maximum distance, we should use maximum mileage per gallon. Thus, the maximum distance would be (22.4 miles per gallon) * (15 gallons) = 336 miles.

Answer: A.


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Re: An automobile's gasoline mileage varies, depending on the sp [#permalink] New post   07 May 2016, 12:24
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An automobile's gasoline mileage varies, depending on the speed of the automobile, between 18.0 and 22.4 miles per gallon, inclusive. What is the maximum distance, in miles, that the automobile could be driven on 15 gallons of gasoline?

(A) 336
(B) 320
(C) 303
(D) 284
(E) 270

To find the maximum distance, we should use maximum mileage per gallon. Thus, the maximum distance would be (22.4 miles per gallon) * (15 gallons) = 336 miles.

Answer: A.


This might seem silly, but I got this one wrong, and I believe it was because of the "inclusive" that followed "between 18.0 and 22.4 miles per gallon". I saw that and thought variable speed, so variable distances. Could you speak to what purpose the word "inclusive" serves, so I can be sure not to trip on the language.

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Re: An automobile's gasoline mileage varies, depending on the sp [#permalink] New post   07 May 2016, 13:09
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Bunuel wrote:
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An automobile's gasoline mileage varies, depending on the speed of the automobile, between 18.0 and 22.4 miles per gallon, inclusive. What is the maximum distance, in miles, that the automobile could be driven on 15 gallons of gasoline?

(A) 336
(B) 320
(C) 303
(D) 284
(E) 270

To find the maximum distance, we should use maximum mileage per gallon. Thus, the maximum distance would be (22.4 miles per gallon) * (15 gallons) = 336 miles.

Answer: A.


This might seem silly, but I got this one wrong, and I believe it was because of the "inclusive" that followed "between 18.0 and 22.4 miles per gallon". I saw that and thought variable speed, so variable distances. Could you speak to what purpose the word "inclusive" serves, so I can be sure not to trip on the language.

Thanks.


The highlighted part above means that the speed of the car be as follows..

18.00 ( Min) , 18.01 , 18.02 , 18.03..............22.38 , 22.39 , 22.40( Max )

Quote:
Maximum Distance will be travelled at Maximum Speed


So Distance Travelled is -

\(\frac{22.4 \ miles}{Gallon}* 15 \ gallons\) = 336 miles

Hence Answer will be (A)


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Re: An automobile's gasoline mileage varies, depending on the sp [#permalink] New post   07 May 2016, 13:16
[quote="Bunuel"]The Official Guide For GMAT® Quantitative Review, 2ND Edition

An automobile's gasoline mileage varies, depending on the speed of the automobile, between 18.0 and 22.4 miles per gallon, inclusive. What is the maximum distance, in miles, that the automobile could be driven on 15 gallons of gasoline?

(A) 336
(B) 320
(C) 303
(D) 284
(E) 270


max distance= 22.4*15= 336
ans A
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Re: An automobile's gasoline mileage varies, depending on the sp [#permalink] New post   01 Jul 2019, 17:39
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Bunuel wrote:
The Official Guide For GMAT® Quantitative Review, 2ND Edition

An automobile's gasoline mileage varies, depending on the speed of the automobile, between 18.0 and 22.4 miles per gallon, inclusive. What is the maximum distance, in miles, that the automobile could be driven on 15 gallons of gasoline?

(A) 336
(B) 320
(C) 303
(D) 284
(E) 270



The maximum distance that the automobile could be driven on 15 gallons of gasoline is 15 x 22.4 = 336 miles.

Answer: A
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Re: An automobile's gasoline mileage varies, depending on the sp [#permalink] New post   27 Oct 2019, 23:03
Miles/ Gallon is a ratio

22.4 miles per 1 gallon * 15 gallons = 22.4*15 = 360
18 miles per 1 gallon *15 gallons = 270
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Re: An automobile's gasoline mileage varies, depending on the sp [#permalink] New post   20 Oct 2021, 09:47
I prefer to estimate in question where option values aren't close to each other
Max mileage is 22.4
22.4 miles per 1 gallon * 15 gallons = (20+2.4)*15 = 300 + more than 30 = More than 330
Only A is more than 30
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