Complete question :
Each state imposes its own excise tax on gasoline. Suppose, for example, that the state of Massachusetts imposes a state gasoline tax of $0.26 per gallon. Suppose further that an average of 1,022,000 gallons of gasoline per day were sold in Massachusetts in 2010. The average revenue from gasoline tax in 2010 is approximately?
Answer:
$265,720
Step-by-step explanation:
Given that:
State gasoline tax = $0.26 per gallon
Average number of gasoline sold per day = 1,022,000 gallons
. From the availabke information given :
Revenue generated = gasoline tax per gallon multiplied by the average number of gallons sold
= $0.26 * 1,022,000
= $265,720
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Let's say that the value invested in the account with a rate of 8% is "x", then the amount invested in the account with a rate of 12% is:

To calculate the total interest we need to calculate the interest of each individual account and sum them:

The total interest is the sum of the two expressions above:

The value invested in the account with 8% interest is 830, the one invested in the account with 12% interest is 1280.