SOLUTION: North carolina's Native American populaton is 22,000 greater than New York's. New York's Native American population is 187,000 less than Oklahoma's. If the total population of al

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Question 107149: North carolina's Native American populaton is 22,000 greater than New York's. New York's Native American population is 187,000 less than Oklahoma's. If the total population of all three is 437,000, find each state's Native American population.
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
C-North Carolina's population
Y-New York's population
O-Oklahoma's population
1.
2.
3.
Use 2, to get values for C and O in terms of Y,
2.

Nopw I can substitute this answer and equation 1 into equation 3 and solve for Y.
3.




From 1,
1.


From 2,



North Carolina's Native American population is 98,000.
New York's Native American population is 76,000.
Oklahoma's Native American population is 263,000.

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