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Jake needs to put gas in the delivery van. Regular gasoline is $3.20 per gallon. He only had a $ 20 bill on him. How many gallons can he buy

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User Yi Zhao
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Let's assume x = 20

Let's also assume that y = 3.20

x is how much money he has and y is how much the cost is.

To find out how much he can buy, we would do x/y, or 20/3.20.

He can buy about 6.25 gallons.
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