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Lisa paid $48.95 for 15.1 gallons of gasoline. What was the cost of gas rounded to the nearest hundredth?

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3.24 dollars per gallon
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You are looking for the cost of gas per gallon in this problem so you must use an equation where you do cost in dollars/ barrels. Therefore you must do $48.95/15.1 gallons of gasoline which equals $3.242 per gallon of gas.
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