Long, Long Ago. It would depend of course on location, the State and the Country. In the days before emission standards and multi- grade fuel, when no one had heard terms like lead free, ethanol added and high octane gasoline, it was only distinguished by its color. Red gasoline was for automobiles and green gasoline on which there was no taxation was for agricultural and industrial use. In Oklahoma in about 1948 you could buy five gallons for a dollar. A decade later it had reached the unheard of price of 35 cents. (An alternative was to go to a well head and drain off a few gallons of "Sump Gas" and pop it into your tank. It ran poorly, promptly destroyed the engine, and required clandestine midnight requisition, but it worked.
161/35 = 4.6 gallons. You need to know the price of gas to solve this. 4.6 x cost/gallon = cost At $3.70 per gallon, that is about $17.00 .
If you are able to go without stopping and get 35 miles per gallon the whole way, then you would use 4.6 gallons, which means it would cost about $17.11.
35 cents/12 = 2.927 cents each bought at selling at ( 10/3) 3.333 cents 3.333 cents - 2.927 cents = 0.406 cents profit per pencil 0.406 cents * 66 pencils = 26.796 cents ( call it 27 cents profit on a sale of 66 pencils )
35 cents + 80 cents = 115 cents = $1.15
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The average price of regular leaded gasoline in 1969 was 35 cents per gallon.
The US average in 1970 was 35 cents per gallon. That would be about $2.12 per gallon in today's dollars (2014).
The US average in 1970 was 35 cents per gallon. That would be about $2.12 per gallon in today's dollars (2014).
The US average in 1970 was 35 cents per gallon. That would be about $2.12 per gallon in today's dollars (2014).
In 1968, the US national average price of a gallon of regular gasoline was 34 cents - equivalent to about $2.13 per gallon in 2010.
.35 cents a gallon
In 1969, the US national average price of a gallon of regular gasoline was 35 cents - equivalent to about $2.08 per gallon in 2010.
35 cents to 60 cents a gallon depending on location.
In the 1930's gas was about 17 cents a gallon in the US.
In 1968 and 1969, the US national average price of a gallon of regular leaded gasoline was 34 cents and 35 cents, respectively. That is equal to about $2.20 per gallon in 2010 dollars.
I worked at a gas station in 1970. As I recall, regular was about $.35 -.37 a gallon. Ethyl was a few cents more per gallon; about $.40 However, there were some cut rate stations that had gasoline for $.07 to $.10 cheaper. Check your oil?
The national average price of a gallon of regular unleaded fuel in the 1960s ranged from 31 to 35 cents per gallon. (This is equivalent to about $2.15 dollars in 2010).