An Outdated Automobile Math Downside

A few weeks in the past I labored at a automotive present close to my residence. One of many many autos on show was a 1903 Oldsmobile. A replica of the unique commercial for that automobile was additionally on show. The picture that you simply see above is cropped from an image that I took of the commercial and another related literature. 

What stood out to me in regards to the commercial was “It Prices 3/8 of a Cent a Mile to journey within the Oldsmobile.” Instantly, my thoughts went to interested by enjoyable math issues that might be primarily based across the commercial. A few of the questions that I considered embrace the next:

• How would that price right now after adjusting for inflation?
• How a lot wouldn’t it price to cowl ten miles in that automotive in 1903?
• What is the fashionable equal of $650?
• A analysis query: What was the highest pace of that automobile? 
• How lengthy wouldn’t it take to drive 20 miles in that automobile at its high pace? Is that sooner or slower than overlaying the identical distance on horseback or in a horse-drawn wagon?

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