SOLUTION: A gas station sells regular gas for $2.30 per gallon and premium gas for $2.85 a gallon. At the end of a business day 290 gallons of gas had been sold, and receipts totaled $700. H
Question 1119967: A gas station sells regular gas for $2.30 per gallon and premium gas for $2.85 a gallon. At the end of a business day 290 gallons of gas had been sold, and receipts totaled $700. How many gallons of each type of gas had been sold? Answer by ikleyn(52794) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
Your equation is
2.30*x + 2.85*(290-x) = 700 dollars.
where x = the amount (in gallons) of the regular gas.
Simplify and solve for x.