SOLUTION: A car gets 22.5 miles per gallon (mpg) in the city and 30 mpg on the highway. The car is driven 465 miles on 18.4 gallons of gasoline. How many miles were driven in the city and
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Question 631985: A car gets 22.5 miles per gallon (mpg) in the city and 30 mpg on the highway. The car is driven 465 miles on 18.4 gallons of gasoline. How many miles were driven in the city and how many miles were driven on the highway?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
22.5x+30y=465;
x+y=18.4
x=11.6 gallons
y=6.8 gallons
261 city 204 highway
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