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Revision as of 22:33, 22 November 2013
- The following problem is from both the 2013 AMC 12B #4 and 2013 AMC 10B #8, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
Ray's car averages 
miles per gallon of gasoline, and Tom's car averages 
miles per gallon of gasoline. Ray and Tom each drive the same number of miles. What is the cars' combined rate of miles per gallon of gasoline?
Solution
Let both Ray and Tom drive 40 miles. Ray's car would require 
gallon of gas and Tom's car would require 
gallons of gas. They would have driven a total of 
miles, on 
gallons of gas, for a combined rate of 
See also
| 2013 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
| Preceded by Problem 3 |
Followed by Problem 5 |
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| All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions | |
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