document.write( "Question 137365: In the town of bayland their are 2 times as many spanish-speaking people as their are french-speaking people and 5 times as many english-speaking people as thier are spanish and french speaking. If the town of bayland has a total population of 2250. How many english speaking people are there ? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #100566 by ptaylor(2198) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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\n" ); document.write( "Let x=number of French-speaking people\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Then 2x=number of Spanish-speaking people\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "And 5(x+2x)=15x=number of English-speaking people
\n" ); document.write( "Now we are told that:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x+2x+15x=2250 or
\n" ); document.write( "18x=2250 divide each side by 18
\n" ); document.write( "x=125-------------------------------number of french-speaking people\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2x=250=-----------------------------number of Spanish-speaking people\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "14x=15*125=1875----------------------number of English-speaking people\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Ck\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1875+250+125=2250
\n" ); document.write( "2250=2250\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Hope this helps---ptaylor\r
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