Question

It costs Raquel 5$ in tolls to drive to work and back each day, plus she uses 3 gallons of gas. It costs her a total of 15.50$ to drive to work and back each day. How much per gallon is Raquel paying for her gas?

Answer 1

$3.50

Explanation:

Let x be the cost of per gallon gas.

We have been given that it costs Raquel 5$ in tolls to drive to work and back each day, plus she uses 3 gallons of gas. It costs her a total of 15.50$ to drive to work and back each day.

We can represent this information as:

`3x+5=15.50`

`3x+5-5=15.50-5`

`3x=10.50`

`x=(10.50)/(3)`

`x=3.50`

Therefore, Raquel is paying $3.50 for per gallon gas.