Question

Lisa paid $43.95 for 16.1 gallons of gasoline what was the cost per gallon rounded to the nearest hundredth

Answer 1

$2.73 per gallon of gasoline
It's proportion problem.
Cross multiply
43.95 over 16.1 = X over 1
when you cross multiply you get
you get 43.95 = 16.1x
43.95 / by 16.1 is $2.73

Answer 2

The cost per gallon of gasoline, rounded to the nearest hundredth is $2.73.

Explanation:

The cost of 16.1 gallons of gasoline = $43.95

So, the cost of 1 gallon of gasoline is given by =
`(43.95)/(16.1)`

= $2.7298 rounded $2.73.

Therefore, the cost per gallon of gasoline, rounded to the nearest hundredth is $2.73.