A few years ago, a total of 2680 thousand people lived in the metropolitan areas of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Sacramento, California. Sacramento had 284 thousand more residents that Las Vegas. What was the population of each metropoliatan area?
+130511 Let the population of Vegas = x
And Sacramento had 284,000 more = x + 284,000
So
x + (x + 284,000) = 2,680,000
2x + 284,000 = 2,680,000 subtract 284,000 rom both sides
2x = 2,396,000
So x = 1,198,000 and that's the population of Las Vegas
And the population of Scramento is 1,198,000 + 284,000 = 1,482,000
+130511 Let the population of Vegas = x
And Sacramento had 284,000 more = x + 284,000
So
x + (x + 284,000) = 2,680,000
2x + 284,000 = 2,680,000 subtract 284,000 rom both sides
2x = 2,396,000
So x = 1,198,000 and that's the population of Las Vegas
And the population of Scramento is 1,198,000 + 284,000 = 1,482,000
