In the United States, gasoline prices are usually written with the decimal part as:
AHundredths of a dollar
BTenths of a dollar
CWhole dollars only
DThousandths of a dollar
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Thousandths of a dollar
1. Fuel prices carry an extra decimal place.
2. Most prices stop at cents, which are hundredths.
3. In the United States gasoline prices are usually written differently.
4. The decimal part is written as thousandths of a dollar.
_Source: OpenStax Prealgebra 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 5 'Decimals', sections 5.1-5.7_
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