Question

In addition to getting federal support for building roads, the individual state contributes $750,000 of the state gasoline

tax money to build 1 mile of highway. The state gasoline tax is $1.20 a gallon. How many gallons of gasoline must be sold to pro-
duce enough tax money to build 1 mile of highway?

Answer 1

625,000 gallons

Explanation

You know that it cost $750,000 of gas tax money to build 1 mile of highway.

Since they are getting $1.20 for each gallon of gas sold, you would only have to divide the two numbers to find out how many gallons need to be sold.

750,000 ÷ 1.2 = 625,000 gallons