## VR 20 A certain toll station on a highway has 7 tollbooths

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### VR 20 A certain toll station on a highway has 7 tollbooths

by NandishSS » Sun Oct 20, 2019 3:37 am
A certain toll station on a highway has 7 tollbooths, and each tollbooth collects $0.75 from each vehicle that passes it. From 6 o'clock yesterday morning to 12 o'clock midnight, vehicles passed each of the tollbooths at the average rate of 4 vehicles per minute. Approximately how much money did the toll station collect during that time period? A.$1,500
B. $3,000 C.$11,500
D. $23,000 E.$30,000

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by swerve » Sun Oct 20, 2019 1:38 pm
NandishSS wrote:A certain toll station on a highway has 7 tollbooths, and each tollbooth collects $0.75 from each vehicle that passes it. From 6 o'clock yesterday morning to 12 o'clock midnight, vehicles passed each of the tollbooths at the average rate of 4 vehicles per minute. Approximately how much money did the toll station collect during that time period? A.$1,500
B. $3,000 C.$11,500
D. $23,000 E.$30,000
From 6 am to 12 am - 18hrs
Vehicles per minute - 4
Vehicles per hour - 60Ã—4 = 240
Therefore total number of vehicles passed - approx = 250Ã—18 = 4500
Number of toll booths = 7
Money collected = 7Ã—4500Ã—0.75 = 23000$### GMAT/MBA Expert GMAT Instructor Posts: 6106 Joined: 25 Apr 2015 Location: Los Angeles, CA Thanked: 43 times Followed by:24 members by [email protected] » Wed Oct 23, 2019 6:00 pm NandishSS wrote:A certain toll station on a highway has 7 tollbooths, and each tollbooth collects$0.75 from each vehicle that passes it. From 6 o'clock yesterday morning to 12 o'clock midnight, vehicles passed each of the tollbooths at the average rate of 4 vehicles per minute. Approximately how much money did the toll station collect during that time period?

A. $1,500 B.$3,000
C. $11,500 D.$23,000
E. $30,000 We can create the expression: 7 tollbooths x$0.75 per vehicle x 4 vehicles per minute x 60 minutes x 18 hours = $22,680 â‰ˆ$23,000