Question

If the total income generated from gasoline for aer was 408 million, how much would be the cost for a barrel of gasoline.

Answer 1

*Missing Information: Total number of barrels are 60 million*

The correct answer is: Option (C) $20

Explanation:

As we are interested in finding the cost for a barrel of gasoline, we need to read the percentage of gasoline from the pie-chart first—which is 34%.

Now number of barrels containing gasoline = 34% of 60 million barrels = $\frac{34}{100} * 60 = 20.4$ million barrels

For all the barrels, the total income is $408 million; therefore, in order to find the per-barrel cost, we need to divide $408 by 20.4:

$\frac{408}{20.4} = \ 20$

Hence the correct answer is $20 (Option C).

Answer 2

Assuming that the pie chart represent 60 million barrels 

34 % pf that 60 million = 20.4 million barrels of gasoline

408/20.4 = 20 dollars per galone gasolin

the answer is C

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