Question

Fabiola, who lives in mexico city, fills her car with gas, paying 357 pesos for 40.0 l. what is her fuel cost in dollars per gallon, if 1 peso = 0.0759 dollars?

Answer 1

Answer:

The gallon cost in dollars is 2.6 dollars per gallon.

Explanation:

To carry on this problem we need to make two conversions. Step 1, Litres to gallons, to do this we need to understand the liter gallon ratio. 1 A liter is .26 gallons. So, we need to make a conversion now. We take the 40 liters and multiply them by .26 to obtain 10.4

Step 2, we need to make the peso to dollar conversion for that we take the 357 and multiply them for 0.0759 to obtain 27.096 dollars.

Step 3 we take the 27.096 dollars and divide them in 10.4 To obtain 2.6 as the cost of each gallon.

Answer 2

Answer:

Fabiola pays 27.0963 dollars for 8.79877 gallons of fuel.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given that,

Fabiola pays 357 pesos for 40 liters of fuel.

It is required to convert the amount in dollars.

Since, we know that,

1 peso = 0.0759 dollars

So, 357 pesos = 0.0759 × 357 = 27.0963 dollars

Moreover,

1 liter = 0.219969 gallons

So, 40 liters = 0.219969 × 40 = 8.79877 gallons

Thus, we get that,

Fabiola pays 27.0963 dollars for 8.79877 gallons of fuel.