SOLUTION: Town A and Town B were located close to each other, and recently merged into one city. Town A had a population with 6% Hispanics. Town B had a population with 12% Hispanics. Afte

Question 977491: Town A and Town B were located close to each other, and recently merged into one city. Town A had a population with 6% Hispanics. Town B had a population with 12% Hispanics. After the merge, the new city has a total of 5000 residents, with 10.56% Hispanics. How many residents did Town A and Town B used to have?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the number of residents
that town A used to have
= the number of residents
that town B used to have
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= number of hispanics that
town A used to have
= number of hispanics
that town B used to have
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After merging, the town has:
hispanics
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Now I can say:

and

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Town A used to have 1200 residents
Town B used to have 3800 residents

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