Question

4.78 gallons of milk is sold for $11.00. If you want to buy 9.58 gallons of milk, how

much will you have to pay?

Answer 1

You will have to pay $22.05.

Explanation:

We can solve this problem by making a proportion:

4.78 gallons/11 dollars = 9.58 gallons/x dollars

By cross-multiplying, we can solve for x:

4.78x = 105.38

x = 22.05