The number of miles traveled per gallon of gasoline for a certain car has a mean of

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The number of miles traveled per gallon of gasoline for a certain car has a mean of 25 and a standard deviation of 2. The tank holds 20 gallons.
a. Find the mean number of miles traveled per tank.
b. Assume the distances traveled are independent for each gallon of gas. Find the standard deviation of the number of miles traveled per tank.
c. The car owner travels X miles on 20 gallons of gas, and estimates her gas mileage as X/20. Find the mean of the estimated gas mileage. Assuming the distances traveled are independent for each gallon of gas, find the standard deviation of the estimated gas mileage.

d. Assuming the distances traveled are independent for each gallon of gas, find the standard deviation of the estimated gas mileage.

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