A gas station sells regular gas for $2.15 per gallon and premium gas for $2.90 a gallon. At the end of a business day 280 gallons of gas were sold, and receipts totaled $647. How many gallons of each type of gas were sold?
regular gas _?_ gallons
premium gas _?_ gallons

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A gas station sells regular gas for $2.15 per gallon and premium gas for $2.90 a gallon. At the end of a business day 280 gallons of gas were sold, and receipts totaled $647. How many gallons of each type of gas were sold?
regular gas _?_ gallons
premium gas _?_ gallons

anonymous · Answer

You have to set a system of equations

anonymous · Answer

Regular gas is going to be "x" and premium gas is going to be "y"

anonymous · Answer

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