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Total trip cost
35
Fuel Cost and Trip Calculator
Fuel cost
35
Cost per person
35
Fuel needed
10
Fuel needed
10 US gallons
Distance travelled
300
Cost per mile or km
0.1167
Economy in US mpg
30
Economy in L/100km
7.8405
Economy in km/L
12.7543
Worked out from US EPA fuel economy definitions and the mpg to L/100km relationship and 1 other source.

How this is worked out

2 steps
  1. Fuel needed = 300 mi / economy = 10 US gallons.
  2. Cost = 10 x 3.5 = 35.

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