west high school has 250 students less than twice the population of East high school. both schools have a total of 2858 students

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Reil [10]

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west high school has 250 students less than twice the population of East high school. both schools have a total of 2858 students

. how many attend East high school

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ValentinkaMS [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-09-10T11:01:02+03:00

ValentinkaMS [17]3 years ago

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I think the answer is 1179

serious [3.7K] · Answer 2 · 2022-09-10T12:06:46+03:00

The the number of students attending West High School can be expressed in terms of x as:
2x - 250
The total number of students in the two schools is x + 2x - 250
As the total is 2858, we have
x + 2x - 250 = 2858
Solving for x, we have
3x - 250 = 2858
3x = 3108
x = 1036
So the number of students attending East High School is 1036.
The number of students attending West High School can be found by substituting x = 1036 into 2x - 250.
2x - 250 = 2*1036 - 250 = 1822
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