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At the Last Chance Filling Station, gas costs $1.60 a gallon. Trevor paid $32.00 to fill his tank. How many gallons of gas did he buy?
Write an algebraic equation that represents the scenario.
Solve to find the solution.
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To solve this problem, we can start by setting up an algebraic equation. Let "x" represent the number of gallons of gas Trevor bought.
Since gas costs $1.60 per gallon, the total cost Trevor paid can be represented as $1.60 times the number of gallons, which is equal to $32.00.
So, the equation can be written as:
1.60x = 32.00
To solve for x, we can divide both sides of the equation by 1.60:
x = 32.00 / 1.60
By performing the calculation, we find that x = 20.
Therefore, Trevor bought 20 gallons of gas.