document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=144294>Question 144294</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a toyota corolla gets approximately 35mpg on the highway and 27 mpg in the city you drove 412 miles on a full tank of gas (13.2 gallons) approimately how many miles were driven in the city and on the highway. i need to know how to pull out the linier equation to do substitution addition or elimination with it  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let # of miles at 35 mpg be \"x\" : Let # of miles at 27 mpg be \"y\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Distance equation: x + y = 412<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Gas use equation: x/35 + y/27 = 13.2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I guess you can take it from there.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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