For micheal birthday his mother buys 3 cartons of ice cream. each holds 1/2 gallon. she pays 17.10 dollars for all 3 cartons. how much does micheal's mother pay for 1 gallon of ice cream.

Michael's mother bought in total

So she bought a total amount of 1.5 gallons of ice cream. This cost her $17.10

To determine the price of one gallon of ice, we only have to divide $17.10 by 1.5


Therefore the cost of 1 gallon of ice is $11.40