SOLUTION: My question is on solving word problems. Wilson High School has 400 students, 20% of whom are African American. the school board plans to merge Wilson High with Jefferson High. T

Question 273482: My question is on solving word problems.
Wilson High School has 400 students, 20% of whom are African American. the school board plans to merge Wilson High with Jefferson High. This one school will then have a student population that is 44% african American. If Jefferson currently has a student population 60% African American, then how many students are at Jefferson? Can you please help me with the correct forumla I use?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This problem is just like mixture problems & is solved the same way
In words:
(number of A.A. students in Wilson H.) + (number of A.A. students in Jefferson H.) / (total number of students in the combined school) = 44%
Let = number of students in Jefferson H.
given:
students in Wilson H.
A.A. students in Wilson H.
= A.A. students in Jefferson H.
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There are students at Jefferson H.
check answer:

OK
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