Question

Riley earned enough points on his gas card to save 10 cents per gallon on his next gas purchase.If the price per gallon of gas is $2.50. what percent will he be saving per gollon

Answer 1

Answer:

4%

Step-by-step explanation:

4% of $2.50 is 10 cents

Answer 2

Riley can save 4% per gallon as his savings during the purchase of gas.

What is a percentage?

"A percentage is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100. It is a relative value indicating hundredth parts of any quantity. It is often denoted using the % percent sign".

For the given situation,

Price per gallon of gas = $2.50

Riley saves price per gallon = 10 cents

We know that, $\ 1 = 10 cents$

⇒ $\ 2.50=2.50 (100) cents$

⇒ $\ 2.50=250cents$

Now 10 cents are how many percent of 250 cents can be determined by

⇒ $\frac{10}{250}(100)$

⇒ $4\%$

Hence we can conclude that Riley can save 4% per gallon as his savings during the purchase of gas.

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