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In a family there are two cars. 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. What was the average gas mileage obtained by each of the two cars in that week. First car miles/gallon second car miles/gallon

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This is a word problem to figure out gas mileage given consumption and miles driven.

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Assume the MPG for first car is x and the second car is y

=> The first car ...

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