Problema Solution
family has two cars. The first car has a fuel efficiency of 15 miles per gallon of gas and the second has a fuel efficiency of 30 miles per gallon of gas. During one particular week, the two cars went a combined total of 1425 miles, for a total gas consumption of 55 gallons. How many gallons were consumed by each of the two cars that week?
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gallons were consumed by each of the two cars that week are 40 and 15
Solution:Set the miles of the first car is X, the gallons consumed is Y
then (55-Y)x 20 =1300- X
Y x 25 = X
so Y = 40, X = 1000