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A line graph shows gasoline in gallons on the x-axis and cost in dollars on the y-axis. The x-axis ranges from 0 to 16 in increments of 2. The y-axis ranges from 0 to 40 in increments of 5. A line starts at the origin and passes through plotted point X at left parenthesis 9.375 comma 30 right parenthesis.
Trisha’s mom asked her to fill up the car’s gas tank and gave her $30 . The graph shows the total cost of gas based on the number of gallons. The point X shows the number of gallons of gasoline Trisha can purchase. State, to the nearest whole, the number of gallons of gasoline she can purchase.

(1 point)
\left(2,20\right)
gallons

Answer 1

Based on the information given, we can see that the line passes through the point (9.375, 30). This means that Trisha can purchase approximately 9 gallons of gasoline with $30. So the nearest whole number of gallons she can purchase is 9.