Gasoline accounts for 85% of the motor fuel consumed in the U.S everyday. If 8882 thousand barrels (bbl) of motor fuel is consumed each day, how much gasoline, how much gasoline is consumed each day in the U.S. Round to the nearest barrel
2007-10-18 02:31:23 · 5 answers · asked by Nezbit 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
You are close. Since 8,882 thousand barrels are used that is really 8,882,000 barrels. You take 85% or .85 times 8,882,000 which equals. 7,549,700 barrels.
Your rounding and answer would be correct for the number of THOUSANDS of barrels.
2007-10-18 02:37:21 · answer #1 · answered by Shaun B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
7549.7=7550000 I think you added an extra decimal place or multiply by 8.5% instead of 85% as the equation indicates
2007-10-18 09:37:39 · answer #2 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
7549700
you just find 85% of 8882000
2007-10-18 09:35:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
8882 * 85% = ?
8882 * 0.85 = 7549.7
So 7,549,700 barrels
2007-10-18 09:36:01 · answer #4 · answered by Toledo Engineer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. 7549.7 or if you round up 7550.
2007-10-18 09:48:06 · answer #5 · answered by Gaspode the wonder dog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋