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A certain brand of gasoline costs $1.25 per gallon. Using this gasoline, if a car averages 30 miles to the gallon, what is the cost of the gasoline needed for the car to travel 120 miles? (A)$4.50
(B) $5.00 (C)$5.50
(D) $6.00 (E)$6.50

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Re: A certain brand of gasoline costs $1.25 per gallon. Using this gasolin [#permalink] ### Show Tags 03 Aug 2016, 15:24 RichaChampion wrote: A certain brand of gasoline costs$1.25 per gallon. Using this gasoline, if a car averages 30 miles to the gallon, what is the cost of the gasoline needed for the car to travel 120 miles?

$$30\text{ miles} = 1 \text{ gallon}\\ 120\text{ miles} = 4 \text{ gallons}$$

$$1.25 \times 4\text{ gallons} = 5.00$$

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20 Aug 2018, 11:42
RichaChampion wrote:
A certain brand of gasoline costs $1.25 per gallon. Using this gasoline, if a car averages 30 miles to the gallon, what is the cost of the gasoline needed for the car to travel 120 miles? (A)$4.50
(B) $5.00 (C)$5.50
(D) $6.00 (E)$6.50

The car needs 120/30 = 4 gallons to travel 120 miles, so the cost is 4 x 1.25 = 5 dollars.

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