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. I need help setting up and solving this word problem.
0.85 * 8,882,000 = ?
Mr. Sue, is the correct answer 7550 barrels?
That's not the answer I got. Remember, you started with 8,882,000 barrels.
Mrs. I recalculated is the answer 7,549,700
7,549,700 is the correct answer
To solve this word problem, we need to find out how much gasoline is consumed in the United States each day.
Step 1: Calculate the amount of gasoline using the given information:
Gasoline accounts for 85% of the motor fuel consumed each day. This means that 85% of the motor fuel consumed is gasoline.
Step 2: Convert the given motor fuel consumption to gasoline consumption:
Multiply 8,882 thousand barrels (bbl) by 0.85 to find the amount of gasoline consumed each day.
8,882 bbl * 0.85 = 7,549.7 bbl
Step 3: Round the result to the nearest barrel:
Since the question asks for the answer rounded to the nearest barrel, we round 7,549.7 to the nearest whole number:
7,550 bbl
Therefore, approximately 7,550 barrels of gasoline are consumed in the United States each day.