document.write( "Question 867495: Car 1 gets 25 mph and car 2 gets 35mpg. One week they combined 2135 miles. How many gal were used by each car? Is it 42.7 and 30.5? \n" ); document.write( "

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d is miles, v is gallons of fuel, these may form a constant, a rate, $\"d%2Fv\"$ miles per gallon. This is a uniform rates arrangement expressable as $\"highlight_green%28R%2Av=d%29\"$ .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let x and y be unknown gallons of fuel volume,\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Which Car___________Fuel Efficiency________gallons________distance
\n" ); document.write( "Car 1__________________25__________________x______________25x
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\n" ); document.write( "Total_____________________________________________________2135\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I am wondering if something is missing in the problem description. The fuel volume used of both cars are unknowns. Both of their distances separately also unknowns. \n" ); document.write( "

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