Question

You buy 13 gallons at p dollars per gallon and pay $29.25. Write an equation to find the price of one gallon of gasoline. Then find the price of one gallon of gasoline

Answer 1

Answer: $13p=29.25$

The price of one gallon of gasoline= $2.25

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : You buy 13 gallons at p dollars per gallon and pay $29.25.

Cost of 13 gallons gasoline= 13p

An equation to find the price of one gallon of gasoline will be:

$13p=29.25$

To finde p , we divide both sides by 13 , we get

$p=\dfrac{29.25}{13}=2.25$

Hence, the price of one gallon of gasoline= $2.25