Each month, you get your water bill in the mail. you know that each month you are charged a service
fee of $22 and a fixed rate, m, per gallon of water used. this month, you used a total of 2,256 gallons of
water and were charged $31.02.

$0.004 per gallon

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Service Fee= $22

Fixed rate per gallon= m

Water Consumed= 2256 gallons

Total bill charged= $31.02

Now by computing the equation we get

Substituting data we get

Rounding off above value we get

per gallon

-362

step-by-step explanation:

(12)(4)+2(12)-34(12)+2(12)-3

  \/         \/         \/         \/

  48 +   24 -   408 + 24 - 3

      \   /               \   /

          72     -     432 - 3 = -363