You're buying gas for your yard equipment and the equipment requires two different types of gas. Regular unleaded gas costs $2 per gallon and premium unleaded gas costs $3 per gallon. You have at most $18 to spend on fuel and your gas cans hold 14 gallons at most. Choose the correct system and possible solution to represent this situation

You're buying gas for your yard equipment and the equipment requires two different types of gas. Regular unleaded gas costs $2 per gallon and premium unleaded gas costs $3 per gallon. You have at most $18 to spend on fuel and your gas cans hold 14 gallons at most. Choose the correct system and possible solution to represent this situation

Intermediate Algebra

10th Edition

ISBN:9781285195728

Author:Jerome E. Kaufmann, Karen L. Schwitters

Publisher:Jerome E. Kaufmann, Karen L. Schwitters

Chapter10: Systems Of Equations

Section10.3: Elimination-by-addition Method

Problem 63PS

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