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Old 14 May 2008, 01:57 pm
elodie.gillain@gmail.com
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Default Re: economics of driving

On May 14, 2:54 pm, "<username>" <user@name> wrote:
> <elodie.gill...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> news:42402d49-4f2e-4125-8111-4896ccf8f7b9@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com...
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> > Dear Forumers,

>
> > Say I can choose between two cars. The gas mileage of the first car is
> > 25. The gas mileage of the second car is 30. Let us say that the cost
> > of gas is 4$ per gallon.

>
> > The difference in gas mileage between the two cars is 5. So the
> > savings if I choose the leaner car is 4$ per gallon/5miles per
> > gallon=0.8 $ per mile
> > Am I right?

>
> > I greatly appreciate your help.

>
> You've gotta be a blonde!!


Yes I am!

The other day I was designing a distillation column for an industrial
company. According to my computation, the height of the column should
be 6 miles...
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