Twelve gallons of a salt solution consists of 35% salt. It is the result of mixing a 55% solution with a 25% solution. How many gallons of each of the solutions was used? Let x=the number of gallons of the 55% solution and y= the number of gallons of the 25% solution. The corresponding modeling system is {x+y=12 0.55x+0.25y=0.35(12)Solve the system by using the method of substitution and what is the ordered pair?

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Twelve gallons of a salt solution consists of 35% salt. It is the result of mixing a 55% solution with a 25% solution. How many gallons of each of the solutions was used? Let x=the number of gallons of the 55% solution and y= the number of gallons of the 25% solution. The corresponding modeling system is {x+y=12 0.55x+0.25y=0.35(12)Solve the system by using the method of substitution and what is the ordered pair? 
 
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