SOLUTION: West Highschool has 250 fewer students than twice the amount of East Highschool. Together they have 2858 students, how many students does each school have?

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Question 356069: West Highschool has 250 fewer students than twice the amount of East Highschool. Together they have 2858 students, how many students does each school have?
Answer by robertb(4012) About Me  (Show Source):
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let w = #students in West, e = # students in East.
Then from the given,
w = 2e -250. Also, w +e = 2858.
from the 2nd equation, w = 2858 - e. Substituting into the 1st equation,
2858 -e = 2e - 250.
3108 = 2e +e, after transposition.
3108 = 3e,
1036 = e, and w = 2858-1036 = 1822.