Question

A family has two cars. The first car has a fuel efficiency of 30 miles per gallon of gas and the second has a fuel efficiency of 15 miles per gallon of gas. During one particular week, the two cars went a combined total of 1050 miles, for a total gas consumption of 50 gallons. How many gallons were consumed by each of the two cars that week?

Answer 1

Car 1 consumes 30 gallons of gas.

Car 2 consumes 20 gallons of gas.

Explanation: