At a local gas station regular gas line sale for $2.89 per gallon wow premium gas line sale for three dollars is in $.39 per gallon how does much gas does a person save on 15.1 gallons of gas by buying regular

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Answer:

$7.55

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that at a local gas station regular gasoline sale for $2.89 per gallon while premium gasoline sale for $3.39 per gallon. We are asked to find the amount saved by a person on buying 15.1 gallons of regular gasoline.

First of all, we will find amount saved on buying 1 gallon of regular gasoline as:

[tex]\text{Savings from one gallon of regular gasoline}=\$3.39-\$2.89[/tex]

[tex]\text{Savings from one gallon of regular gasoline}=\$0.5[/tex]

To find amount saved on buying 15.1 gallons of regular gasoline, we will multiply $0.5 by 15.1 as:

[tex]\text{Savings from 15.1 gallons of regular gasoline}=\$0.5\times 15.1[/tex][tex]\text{Savings from 15.1 gallons of regular gasoline}=\$7.55[/tex]

Therefore, a person will save $7.55 on buying 15. gallons of regular gasoline.