Problema Solution

the country with the most universities is country a, follewed by country b. if country a has 4,951 more universities than country band their combined total is 14,165, find the number of universities in country a and country b

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let 'a' represent the number of universities in country b, then 'a+4951' represents the number of universities in country b


14165 = a + a+4951

solving for 'a' we have a=4607


4607+4951 = 9558


country a has 4,607 universities, country b has 9,558 universities