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 Hope it helps!!!
