SOLUTION: A family has two cars. The first car has a fuel efficiency of miles per gallon of gas and the second has a fuel efficiency of miles per gallon of gas. During one particular week,

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Question 627709: A family has two cars. The first car has a fuel efficiency of miles per gallon of gas and the second has a fuel efficiency of miles per gallon of gas. During one particular week, the two cars went a combined total of miles, for a total gas consumption of gallons. How many gallons were consumed by each of the two cars that week?
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