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)
gallons
1 answer
To find out how many gallons of gasoline Trisha can purchase with $30, you look at the point \( X \) on the graph, which is given as \( (9.375, 30) \). This means that the coordinates represent 9.375 gallons of gasoline for $30.
Since the question asks for the number of gallons to the nearest whole number, we round 9.375 to the nearest whole number, which is 9.
Therefore, Trisha can purchase 9 gallons of gasoline.
