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In 2003, the number of federal hazardous waste sites in california was 5 less than twice the number of sites in Washington. How many hazardous waste sites we
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Question 773975: i have word problem:
In 2003, the number of federal hazardous waste sites in california was 5 less than twice the number of sites in Washington. How many hazardous waste sites were in Washington if there were 25 such sites in California?
Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x = number of sites in Washington
25 = 2x -5
2x = 20
x = 10
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there are 10 sites in Washington
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