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Luca pays $165 per month for his car loan and an average of $2.30 per gallon of gas. He wants to keep his car expenses under $300 per month. Write and solve an inequality to find the greatest number of gallon “g”, Luca can drive in a month while staying within his budget?

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Answer:

58.69 gallons is the maximum she can get.

Explanation:

165 + 2.3g ≤ 300

subtract 165 from both sides

2.3g ≤ 135

divide by 2.3 on both sides

g ≤ 58.6956521739

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