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A customer purchased x gallons of gas for $2.98 each. The customer gives the cashier $20.00 and gets $2.12 in return.

How many gallons of gas did the customer buy?

Pls help meeeee A customer purchased x gallons of gas for $2.98 each. The customer-example-1
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6 gallons of gas is what the customer bought
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Answer:

6 gallons of gas

Explanation:

20.00 - 2.12 = 17.88

17.88 divided by 2.98 equals 6

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