Question

It cost jody $44.88 to buy 12 gallons of gas. What was the cost per gallon of gas?

Answer 1

44.88 divides by 12. You do this to find how much the total goes into the amount you’re buying. So I️t would be $3.74

Answer 2

$3.74 was the cost per gallon of gas

Explanation:

Unit rate defined as the rates are expressed as a quantity as 1 such as 3 miles per hour or 4 meter per seconds.

As per the statement:

It cost Jody $44.88 to buy 12 gallons of gas.

⇒Cost = $44.88 and

number of gallons gas= 12 gallons

We have to find the cost per gallon of gas.

By definition of unit rate,

`\text{Cost per gallon} = \frac{\text{Cost}}{\text{Number of gallons}}`

Substitute the given values we have;

`\text{Cost per gallon}= (44.88)/(12) = \$3.74`

Therefore, $3.74 was the cost per gallon of gas.