Question

The price of gasoline at a particular station is $1.5$ euros per liter. An American student can use $33$ euros to buy gasoline. Knowing that $4$ quarts make a gallon and that $1$ liter is close to $1$ quart, she quickly reasons that she can buy how many gallons of gasoline?

• A. less than $1$ gallon
• B. about $5$ gallons
• C. about $8$ gallons
• D. more than $10$ gallons

Answer 1

The correct option is C about $8$ gallons

We know according to unit

On converting to gallooon

$41€\approx 41€\times \left(1L/1.3€\right)\times \left(1qt/1L\right)\times \left(1gal/4qt\right)\approx \left(10/1.3\right)gal\approx 8$ gallons,

Hence the correct answer is (c).