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A total of 2684 people live in the areas of las vegas, Nevada, and sacramento. Sacramento has 280 more residents that las vegas. What is the population of each area.

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We assume that two cities are referenced ('sacramento' must be assumed to be california)... let 'x' represent the number of people in Las Vegas:

2684=x+(x+280)

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x=1202

1202+280=1482

So Las Vegas has 1,202 people and Sacramento has 1,482 people.