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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.

Answers

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

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

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