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Leviafan [203]
2 years ago
5

A family has two cars. The first car has a fuel efficiency of 20 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 total gas consumption of 75 gallons. How many gallons were consumed by each of
the two cars that week?
Mathematics
1 answer:
Alexus [3.1K]2 years ago
8 0

Answer:

  • The 20 mile-per-gallon car consumed 40 gallons, whereas
  • The 15 mile-per-gallon car consumed 35 gallons.

Step-by-step explanation:

Assume that the 20 mile-per-gallon car consumed all that 75 gallons of fuel. How far would the cars have travelled?

20 \times 75 = 1500\; \text{miles}.

This assumption overestimated the total mileage of the two cars by 1500 - 1325 = 175\; \text{miles}. Here's why: for every gallon that the second (15 mile-per-gallon) car consumed, this assumption would overestimate the total mileage by 20 - 15 = 5\; \text{miles}. Therefore, the overestimation of 175\; \text{miles} corresponds to:

\begin{aligned} & 175\; \text{miles overestimated} \\ & \times \left(\frac{1\; \text{gallon consumed by the second car}}{5\; \text{miles overestimated}}\right)\\ &= \frac{175}{5}\; \text{gallons consumed by the second car} \\ &= 35\; \text{gallons consumed by the second car}\end{aligned}.

Therefore, the second car consumed 35\; \text{gallons}. The first car would have consumed 75 - 35 = 40\; \text{gallons}.

Verify the results: 40 \times 20 + 35\times 15 = 1325\; \text{miles}.

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