Question

Mobil allocates 1,692 gallons of gas per month to Jerry's Service Station. The first week, Jerry sold 275, gallons, second week 280 gallons, and third week, 189 gallons. If Jerry sells 582 gallons in the fourth week, how close is Jerry to selling his allocation?

A) He has reached his allocation exactly
B) He is 100 gallons short of his allocation
C) He is 110 gallons over his allocation
D) He is 1,110 gallons over his allocation

Answer 1

Jerry still needs to sell 366 gallons to reach his allocation.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate how close Jerry is to selling his allocation, we need to add up the gallons he sold in the first three weeks and subtract that total from his monthly allocation. The first week he sold 275 gallons, the second week he sold 280 gallons, and the third week he sold 189 gallons. Therefore, in the first three weeks, he sold a total of 275 + 280 + 189 = 744 gallons. His monthly allocation is 1,692 gallons, so to find out how close he is to selling his allocation, we subtract the gallons he sold from his allocation: 1,692 - 744 = 948 gallons. Since he has sold 582 gallons in the fourth week, he still needs to sell 948 - 582 = 366 gallons to reach his allocation.