Algebra word problems: miles per gallon

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  In a given week, the car gets an average of 20 miles per gallon, and the second car gets 25 miles per gallon. The two cars combined drive a total of 1025 miles in that week, for a total gas a total gas consumption of 45 gallons.

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  312454 Algebra: direct and inverse variations. Probability of event 1. A shipping company is shipping cargo by truckloads. The number of miles per gallon the truck averages goes down as the weight of each load goes up.

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  The sum of the average miles per gallon obtained by the two cars in a particular week is 50. The first car has consumed 20 gallons during that week, and the second has consumed 35 gallons, for a total of 1450 miles driven by the two cars combined.

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