A fuel dealer makes a gain of sh 450 for every 1000 litres of petrol sold and sh 380 for every 1000

      

A fuel dealer makes a gain of sh 450 for every 1000 litres of petrol sold and sh 380 for every 1 000 litres diesel sold. In a certain month the dealer sold twice as much petrol as diesel. If the total fuel sold that month was 600 000 litres, find the dealers profit for the month.

  

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John
Amount of each brand of fuel sold

Petrol = 2x

Diesel = x

3x = 600 000 (litres)

x = 200 000(diesel)

2x (petrol) = 400 000

Dealer's gain in diesel

$\frac{200 000}{1 000}$ x 380 = sh 76 000

Dealer's gain in petrol

$\frac{400 000}{1 000}$ x 450 = sh 180 000

Dealer's gain was

= 76 000 + 180 000 = sh 256 000


johnmulu answered the question on June 8, 2017 at 05:52


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