business decision: car manufacturers – saving the planet!
in a move to provide additional sales for u. s. car manufacturers, the white house announced the purchase of 16,500 new fuel
efficient vehicles for the federal fleet. the new fleet, which includes 2,220 hybrid sedans, will cost $281 million.
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as an accountant in the white house budget office (whbo), you have been asked to calculate the following:
a. if each hybrid vehicle will have an average cost of $23,500, what will be the average cost per non-hybrid vehicle? round to the
nearest whole dollar.
per non-hybrid vehicle
b. furthermore, the white house said that by replacing less efficient vehicles, the government will reduce gasoline consumption
1.1 million gallons per year and prevent 27 million pounds of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere. on average, how n
gallons of gasoline and how many pounds of carbon dioxide will be "saved" per year per vehicle? round to the nearest whole a
and whole pound
gallons per vehicle:
pounds per vehicle: