SOLUTION: The two largest deserts in the world are the Sahara Desert and the Australian Desert. The sum of their areas is 13 million square kilometeres. The area of the Sahara Desert is 5 mi
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Question 838726: The two largest deserts in the world are the Sahara Desert and the Australian Desert. The sum of their areas is 13 million square kilometeres. The area of the Sahara Desert is 5 million square kilometeres more than the area of the Australian Desert. Write and solve a system of equations to find the area of each desert.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = area of Sahara desert
Let = area of Australian desert
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(1) million km2
(2) million km2
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(1)
(2)
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