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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

20 miles per gallon of gas. During one particular week, the two cars went a combined total of 1175

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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first car- 15 gallons
second car- 40 gallons
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