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Some friends decided to equally split the cost of gas on their trip. The expression 3g/4 represents how much money each person had to pay in dollars for g gallons of gas. What does the expression 3g in the numerator represent?

A the cost per person

B the number of people splitting the cost of the gas

C the total cost of the gas before it was split among the friends

D the cost per gallon of gas

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Answer:

c

Explanation:

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Answer: The total cost of the gas before it was split among the friends.

Explanation: If they split it equally, they divide. 3g is divided by 4 so you know that there are 4 friends/people.

Since they are splitting the [total] amount of gas for 4 people, 3g must be the total cost of the gas.

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