To round the gas price to the nearest cent, we need to look at the digit in the thousandths place, which is the fourth decimal place.
If the digit in the thousandths place is 5 or greater, we round up by increasing the hundredths place by 1.
If the digit in the thousandths place is 4 or less, we round down by keeping the hundredths place as it is.
In this case, the digit in the thousandths place is 8, which is greater than 5. Therefore, we need to round up.
So, the rounded gas price to the nearest cent is $3.38.
n the U.S., we represent money values with dollars and cents. There are 100 cents in a dollar. Amounts of money are represented with at most two decimal places (Ex: $4.25). Gas prices are often shown to have more than two decimal places. A gallon of gas costs $3.3842 at Buc-ee's in Daytona Beach, Florida. Use this gas price to round the gas price to the nearest cent (hint: the nearest cent is the hundredths place). (1 point)
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