Question

A family owns two cars. One car gets 35 miles per gallon and the other car gets 27 miles per gallon. In one week the family drove a total of 480 miles and used 16 gallons of gas. Can you determine the number of miles the family drove each car? Can you explain

Answer 1

the 35 gallon used 6 gallons of gas while the 27 mile car used 10.

Explanation:

35 x 6 = 210

27 x 10= 270

270 + 210 = 480