Question

Berto has $12 to put gas in his car. If gas costs $3.75 per gallon, which ordered pair relating number of gallons of gas, x, to the total cost of the gas, y, includes the greatest amount of gas Berto can buy?

Answer 1

If gas costs $3.75 per gallon and Berto has $12, then he can purchase 12/3.75 gallons. This is approximately 3.2 gallons. So the coordinate on this line would be (3.2, 12).

Answer 2

The coordinate on this line would be (3.2, 12).