SOLUTION: Gasoline accounts for 85% of the motor fuel consumed in the United States every day. If 8,882 thousand barrels (bbl) of motor fuel is consumed each day, how much gasoline is consu

Question 111662: Gasoline accounts for 85% of the motor fuel consumed in the
United States every day. If 8,882 thousand barrels (bbl) of motor fuel is consumed each day, how much gasoline is consumed each day in the United States? Round to the nearest barrel.
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Answer by BrittanyM(80) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We can solve this problem by taking 85% of the total number of barrels.
Since 85 is a percentage, we must move the decimal up two places in order to multiply. (85% = 0.85)
8882 x 0.85 = 7549.7
And since we're rounding to the nearest barrel, that would be
7550 barrels

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