You drive up to Canada and notice that gas costs $1.31 per liter. The Canadian dollar is worth U.S. $1.02. How much will it cost you in american dollars to fill up your 12 gallon tank? What id the price per gallon up in Canada in American dollars?
1 litre costs 1.31
1 gallon = 3.7854 L
12 gallons = 12(3.7854) L
12 gallons cost CND $1.31(12)(3.7854) = CN $59.51
1 CND = US 1.02
C 59.51= US (1.02)(59.51) = $60.70
cost per gallon in US$ = 60.70/12 = $5.06
actual cost TODAY:
12 gallons cost 12(3.7854)(1.06) = $48.15
CND $1 = US$ .80
so C$ 48.15 = US $38.52
cost per gallon = US $ 3.21
To calculate the cost of filling up your 12-gallon tank in American dollars, we'll need to convert the price per liter and the exchange rate to a common unit. Let's start with converting the price per liter to Canadian dollars per gallon.
1 gallon is approximately 3.78541 liters. This means that 12 gallons is approximately 45.42492 liters (12 * 3.78541).
To find the cost in Canadian dollars to fill up your 12-gallon tank, we multiply the price per liter (CAD $1.31) by the total number of liters (45.42492):
45.42492 * CAD $1.31 ≈ CAD $59.54
Now we need to convert the Canadian dollars to American dollars using the exchange rate.
The exchange rate is given as 1 Canadian dollar is worth U.S. $1.02. Therefore, to convert Canadian dollars to American dollars, we multiply the cost in Canadian dollars by the exchange rate:
CAD $59.54 * U.S. $1.02 ≈ U.S. $60.71
So, it will cost you approximately U.S. $60.71 to fill up your 12-gallon tank.
To find the price per gallon in Canada in American dollars, we divide the final cost in American dollars (U.S. $60.71) by the number of gallons (12):
U.S. $60.71 / 12 ≈ U.S. $5.06
Therefore, the price per gallon in Canada in American dollars would be approximately U.S. $5.06.