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

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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(52792) About Me  (Show Source):
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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.