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 35 miles per gallon of gas. During one particular week, the two cars went a combined total of 1800 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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Answer:

The first car used 30 gallons and the second one 20 gallons of gas during the trip.

Step-by-step explanation:

35x+40y = 1850     equation 1

x+y = 50        equation 2

x=car 1

y=car 2

Solve it

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