Before leaving, you stop to fill up your car with gas. You pump a total of 22.35 gallons. The cost per gallon is $1.79. What is the total cost to fill up your tank?

3 answers

To find the total cost to fill up your tank, you can multiply the number of gallons by the cost per gallon.

Total cost = Number of gallons × Cost per gallon

In this case, you pumped 22.35 gallons at a cost of $1.79 per gallon:

Total cost = 22.35 gallons × $1.79/gallon

Calculating this:

Total cost = 22.35 × 1.79 = $39.8735

Rounding to two decimal places, the total cost to fill up your tank is approximately $39.87.

Before leaving, you stop to fill up your car with gas. You pump a total of 22.35 gallons. The cost per gallon is $1.79. What is the total cost to fill up your tank?(2 points)
Responses

$22.35
$22.35

$12.49
$12.49

$24.14
$24.14

$40.01

To calculate the total cost of filling up the tank:

Total cost = Number of gallons × Cost per gallon
Total cost = 22.35 gallons × $1.79/gallon

Calculating this gives:

Total cost = 22.35 × 1.79 = $39.8735

Rounding to two decimal places, the total cost is approximately $39.87.

Since this is not one of the options you provided, let's check carefully:

  1. $22.35 - This is just the gallons, not the cost.
  2. $12.49 - This is way too low.
  3. $24.14 - This is also too low.
  4. $40.01 - This is the closest to $39.87.

Thus, the best answer from the options given is $40.01.