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Berto has $12 to put gas in his car. If gas costs $3.75 per gallon, which ordered pair relating number of gallons of gas,x, to the total cost of gas, y, included the greatest amount of gas berto can buy?

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Answer:

(3.2, 12)

Explanation:

Total cost for gas = $12

Cost per gallon = $3.75

Letting total cost of gas be y and number of gallons be x, maximum number of gallons of gas he can buy would be ;

Total cost of gas/ cost per gallon = 12 / 3.75 = 3.2 gallons

Therefore , the coordinate pair (x, y) = (3.2, 12)

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$12 X $3.75 = 45 gallons of gas
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