document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=245902>Question 245902</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A Honda Accord gets approximately 26 mpg on the higway and 19 mpg in the city.  You drove 349.5 miles on a full tank (16 gallons) of gasoline.  Approximately how many miles did you drive in the city and how many miles on the highway? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the number of miles of highway driving. That means that 349.5-x is the number of miles of city driving. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The gas consumption is calculated by multiplying the number of miles driven by the mpg (miles per gallon) in each case.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we have:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(26*x) + 19*(349.5-x) = 16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for x.  \r<BR>\n" );
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