SOLUTION: a. With gas selling for $4.90 per gallon, the cost of filling your tank varies directly with the amount of gas that you pump. Find the equation representing the cost C related to

Question 215174: a. With gas selling for $4.90 per gallon, the cost of filling your tank varies directly with the amount of gas that you pump. Find the equation representing the cost C related to the gallons of gas G that one would need. What is the constant of variation here?
b. Why is this a different constant in different areas of our country and across the world?

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a. With gas selling for $4.90 per gallon, the cost of filling your tank varies directly with the amount of gas that you pump. Find the equation representing the cost C related to the gallons of gas G that one would need. What is the constant of variation here?
---
4.9 = kG
---
Constant of variation : k = 4.9/G
---
b. Why is this a different constant in different areas of our country and across the world?
Because the cost of a gallon of gasoline is different in every area of
our country and across the world.
--------------------------------------
Cheers,
Stan H.
RELATED QUESTIONS
with gas selling for $1.90 per gallon, the cost of filling your tank varies directly with (answered by richwmiller)

Alexander's car has a 16-gallon gas tank. Before filling his tank with gas, the gas gauge (answered by Theo)

Please help me Suppose you are at the gas station filling your tank with gas. The... (answered by rfer)

I am really not sure where to classify this problem. 1. Suppose you are at the gas... (answered by drk)

The distance a car travels varies directly with the amount of gas used. You traveled 138... (answered by Tatiana_Stebko)

1. Suppose you are at the gas station filling your tank with gas. The function C(g)... (answered by richwmiller)

Your car has a 12 gallon gas tank. you start off your week with a full tank. during the... (answered by ikleyn)

1.Suppose you are at the gas station filling your tank with gas. The function C(g)... (answered by stanbon)