POSSIBLE POINTS 50 Mr Franklin needs to pay for his three kids to go to college. He figured out that college will cost an average of
$50,000 per year per child when they are ready to go to college. To pay for this, Mr. Franklin bought a cylindrical
gas truck, The truck is 40 feet long and the radius of the base is 60 inches, Gas has a density of five pounds per
cubic foot. Mr. Franklin makes $2.50 per pound of gas when he sends a delivery. How many trips of full tanks of
gas will Mr. Franklin have to send to pay for his three kids to go to four years of college each?
Be sure to label each step and show all work. Don't forget units.
a) Find the volume of the cylinder
b) Find the mass of the gas in one truckload by using the density formula
c) Find the amount of money one truckload will generate.
d) Find the amount of money four years of college will cost for Mr. Franklin's three children.
e) Find the amount of trips it will take Mr. Franklin to make enough money to pay for college,
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