Question

You have $30 to spend on gas for your vehicle this week. If gas costs $2.42 per gallon, how many gallons of gas can you buy? Round your answer to the nearest gallon.

Answer 1

12 gallons of gas can be bought from $30 where gas costs $2.42 per gallon.

Solution:

The gallons of gas bought can be calculated by dividing the total amount possessed by cost of gas per gallon.

Here total amount possesses is $30 and cost of gas per gallon is $2.42.

Gallons of gas bought =
`(Total\ amount\ possessed)/(Cost\ of\ gas\ per\ gallon)`

`\bold{(30)/(2.42) = 12.3966 = 12}`