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Need to find how much gas cost in dollar per gallon fill in the two blanks on the left side of the equation using tow of the ratios. Write the answer rounded to the nearest hundredth

Need to find how much gas cost in dollar per gallon fill in the two blanks on the-example-1
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4.40 dollarsgal

Explanation

In the original expression, we have the unit: rupees on the numerator, then in the conversion factor, we need rupees in the denominator so that this unit is canceled. Similarly, in the original expression, L is on the denominator, then in the conversion factor, we need L in th numerator to cancel it. That is,


\begin{gathered} \frac{72.35\text{ rupees}}{1\text{ L}}*\frac{0.016\text{ dollars}}{1\text{ rupee}}*\frac{3.79\text{ L}}{1\text{ gal}}= \\ \text{ Canceling units and combining numerical values:} \\ =\frac{72.53*0.016\operatorname{*}3.79}{1\operatorname{*}1\operatorname{*}1}(dollars)/(gal)= \\ =4.40\text{ }(dollars)/(gal) \end{gathered}

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