Problema Solution
A few years ago, a total of 2679
thousand people lived in the metropolitan areas of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Sacramento, California. Sacramento had 279
thousand more residents than Las Vegas. What was the population of each metropolitan area?
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Let
x = the number of residents in Las Vegas in thousands
x + 279 = the number of resident in Sacramento
x + x + 279 = 2679
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x = 1,200 thousands people
1,200 + 279 = 1,479 thousands people
Las Vegas had population of 1,479 thousand of people.
Sacramento had population of 1,200 thousand of people.