Question

Lisa paid $43.95 for 16.1 gallons of gasoline. What was the cost per gallon, rounded to the nearest hundredth?

Answer 1

i agree i believe it is 2.37 per gallon

Answer 2

we know that

Lisa paid $\ 43.95$ for $16.1$ gallons of gasoline

so

by proportion

Find the cost of $1$ gallon of gasoline

$\frac{43.95}{16.1}\frac{\ }{gal}=\frac{x}{1}\frac{\ }{gal} \\ \\x*16.1=43.95\\ \\x=43.95/16.1\\ \\x=\ 2.73$

therefore

the answer is

The cost per gallon is equal to $\ 2.73$