An experiment involving learning in animals requires placing white mice and rabbits into separate, controlled environments: environment I and environment II. The maximum amount of time available in environment I is 420 minutes, and the maximum amount of time available in environment II is 600 minutes. The white mice must spend 10 minutes in environment I and 25 minutes in environment II, and the rabbits must spend 12 minutes in environment I and 15 minutes in environment II. Find the maximum possible number of animals that can be used in the experiment and find the number of white mice and the number of rabbits that can be used. number of animals = ? number of white mice = ? number of rabbits = ?

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An experiment involving learning in animals requires placing white mice and rabbits into separate, controlled environments: environment I and environment II. The maximum amount of time available in environment I is 420 minutes, and the maximum amount of time available in environment II is 600 minutes. The white mice must spend 10 minutes in environment I and 25 minutes in environment II, and the rabbits must spend 12 minutes in environment I and 15 minutes in environment II. Find the maximum possible number of animals that can be used in the experiment and find the number of white mice and the number of rabbits that can be used.

number of animals = ?
number of white mice = ?
number of rabbits = ?
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