1. Vintik and Shpuntik built a machine called "Tug-Push," which moves forward on syrup with a fuel consumption of Zl/km, and backward on orange juice with a fuel consumption of 5l/km. Leaving home, they drove the machine in turns. Vintik drove 12 km in both directions. Shpuntik drove forward half as much as Vintik, and backward twice as much, after which the 75 liters of fuel they had ran out. How many kilometers will Vintik and Shpuntik have to walk back home?
Answer: 9 km. Solution: Let Vintik travel $2 x$ km forward and $y$ km back, then $2 x+y=12$ and $9 x+15 y=75$ (since together they traveled $3 x$ km forward and $3 y$ km back). Solving the system, we get $x=5, y=2$. It remains to calculate $3 x-3 y=9$.