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Gas prices in shelby county are at $3.00 per gallon. if a market scientist predicts a 40% increase in the price of gas in the coming month, what will the price of gas be?

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$4.20
3x.40=1.20
Then you add $3+1.20
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Answer-

The price of gas will be $4.2

Solution-

Gas prices in shelby county = $3.00 per gallon

Market scientist predicts a 40% increase in the price of gas in the coming month.

So the new price will be,

[tex]=3+(3\times \dfrac{40}{100})[/tex]

[tex]=3+(3\times 0.4)[/tex]

[tex]=3+1.2[/tex]

[tex]=4.2[/tex]

Therefore, the price of gas will be $4.2


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