The graph shows the amount of gas in the tank of Sharon’s car during a trip to her mom’s house. At what time did she stop to buy gas?
A coordinate graph is shown.The horizontal axis is labeled Time, starts at 4:30 p.m. and ends at 9:30 p.m.
The vertical axis is labeled Gallons and starts at 0 and ends at 12.
The graph starts at 4 pm and 12 gallons and continues to 5 pm 12 gallons.
The graph then curves down until just before 7:30 p.m. and 4 gallons where it continues until about 7:45 p.m.
The graph then slants up as a line until 8:00 p.m and 12 gallons before curving down until 9:30 p.m. and 9 gallons.
A. about 9:00 P.M.
B. about 7:25 P.M.
C. about 7:15 P.M.
D. about 8:00 P.M.
1 answer
Based on the graph, Sharon stopped to buy gas at about 7:25 P.M. when the amount of gas in the tank was around 4 gallons. So the answer is B.