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A family has two cars. The first car has a fuel efficiency of 25 miles per gallon of gas and the second has a fuel efficiency of 35 miles per gallon of gas. During one particular week, the two cars went a combined total of 1450 miles, for a total gas consumption of gallons. How many gallons were consumed by each of the two cars that week?

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Answer:

Car 1: 58 gallons

Cars 2: 41.43 gallons

Explanation:

I divided 1450 by 25 for the first car. For the second I divided 1450 by 35.

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Answer:25

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