You are going on a 957-mile trip and your car gets 27 miles per gallon. Gas prices along your route average $3.78 per gallon. Estimate the cost of gasoline for your trip. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

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To calculate the cost of gasoline for the trip, we need to divide the total distance of the trip by the miles per gallon of the car to find out how many gallons of gas we'll need:

957 miles / 27 miles per gallon = 35.4444 gallons

Then, we'll multiply the number of gallons by the average price of gas:

35.4444 gallons x $3.78 per gallon = $134.06

Rounding this to the nearest dollar gives us a cost of $134. Therefore, the correct answer is B.

You Are Going on a 957-Mile Trip and Your Car