SOLUTION: A gas station sells 4820 gallons of regular enleaded gasoline on a day when they charge $1.35 per gallon, whereas they sell 3883 gallons on a day that they charge $1.40 per gallon.

Question 412961: A gas station sells 4820 gallons of regular enleaded gasoline on a day when they charge $1.35 per gallon, whereas they sell 3883 gallons on a day that they charge $1.40 per gallon. Find a linear function that expresses gallons sold a function of price.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = gallons sold per day
Let = price of gas on that day

Multiply both sides by

This function seems to work for the points given:
(1.35,4820) and (1.4,3883)
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interesting point: If they give the gas away (p = 0)
they will sell 30119 gallons
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