document.write( "Question 1180010: A family has two cars. the first car has a fuel efficiency of 25 miles per gallon of gas and the second has a fuel efficiency of 15 miles per gallon of gas. during one particular week, the two cars went a combined total of 1325 miles, for a gas consumption of 65 gallons. How many gallons were consumed by each of the two cars that week? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "               Efficiency     Volume        DISTANCES\r\n" );
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document.write( "onecar            25            v            25v\r\n" );
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document.write( "secondcar         15          65-v           15(65-v)\r\n" );
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document.write( "totals                         65             1325\r\n" );
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