SOLUTION: for english is spoken as the first or primary language in 78 more countries than farsi is spoken as the first language. together english and farsi are spoken as a first languagein

Question 553307: for english is spoken as the first or primary language in 78 more countries than farsi is spoken as the first language. together english and farsi are spoken as a first languagein 130 countries. in how many countries is english spoken as the first language. in how many countries is farsi spoken as the first language?
Answer by prateekagrawal(56) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the farsi spoken countries be x.
then english spoken countries= x+78.
so,
x+x+78= 130
2x= 130-78 = 52
x= 26.
so, 26 countries have farsi spoken as the first language
and 78+26= 104 countries have english spoken as the first language.
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