SOLUTION: A gas station owner makes a profit of 40 cents per gallon of gas he sells. How many gallons must he sell in order to make a profit of $30,000?
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Question 346067: A gas station owner makes a profit of 40 cents per gallon of gas he sells. How many gallons must he sell in order to make a profit of $30,000?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the number of gallons he sells be x
he makes a profit of 40 cents per gallon = $ 0.4
0.4* x = total profit = 30000
x=30000/0.4
x=75000 gallons
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