Brother I.D. Ricks is a faculty member whose grandchildren live in Oklahoma and California. He and his wife would like to visit their grandchildren at least once a year in these states. They currently have one vehicle with well over 100,000 miles on it, so they want to buy a newer vehicle with fewer miles and that gets better gas mileage. They are considering two options: (1) a new subcompact car that would cost $24,000 to purchase or (2) a used sedan that would cost $18,000. They anticipate that the new subcompact would get 39miles per gallon (combined highway and around town driving) while the sedan would get 26miles per gallon. Based on their road tripping history they expect to drive 17,000 miles per year. For the purposes of their analysis they are assuming that gas will cost $3.33per gallon. Question:

1, How many miles would the Ricks need to drive before the cost of these two options would be the same? (Display your answer to the nearest whole number.)

2, How many years would it take for these two options to cost the same? (Display your answer to two decimal places.)

3, Suppose a severe disruption to the petroleum supply resulted in a $1.00increase to the price of gasoline. How many miles would it now take before the cost of these two options would be the same? (Displayyour answer to the nearest whole number.)