Question

You have $30 to spend on gas for your vehicle this week. If gas costs $2.42 per gallon, how many gallons of gas can you buy? Round your answer to the nearest gallon.

Answer 1

12 gallons of gas can be bought from $30 where gas costs $2.42 per gallon.

Solution:

The gallons of gas bought can be calculated by dividing the total amount possessed by cost of gas per gallon.

Here total amount possesses is $30 and cost of gas per gallon is $2.42.

Gallons of gas bought = $\frac{Total\ amount\ possessed}{Cost\ of\ gas\ per\ gallon}$

$\bold{\frac{30}{2.42} = 12.3966 = 12}$