SOLUTION: Alexander's car has a 16-gallon gas tank. Before filling his tank with gas, the gas gauge of his car indicates that g gallons of gas are in the tank. If gas costs $p per gallon and
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Question 998396: Alexander's car has a 16-gallon gas tank. Before filling his tank with gas, the gas gauge of his car indicates that g gallons of gas are in the tank. If gas costs $p per gallon and Alexander fills the tank to capacity, write an expression that represents how much Alexander paid for the gas. Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! gas costs p dollars per gallon.
the tank has a capacitgy of 16 gallons
the gas gauge reads g gallons.
the number of gallons need to fill the tank is 16 - g.
at p dollars per gallon, the total price is equal to p * (16 - g).
for example.
suppose g is 10 gallons and p is $1.00 a gallon.
the number of gallons required to fill the tank is 16 - 10 = 6.
6 * $1.00 per gallon is $6.00 dollars.
