document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=153890>Question 153890</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> West High School's population is 250 studens less than twice the population of East high school.  combined they serve 2,858 students.  How many students attend West High School </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #113249 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=orca><B>orca(409)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=orca><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=113249\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x be the number of students attending East High School.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The the number of students attending West High School can be expressed in terms of x as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x - 250<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The total number of students in the two schools is x + 2x - 250<BR>\n" );
document.write( "As the total is 2858, we have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 2x - 250 = 2858<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solving for x, we have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x - 250 = 2858<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 3108<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 1036<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the number of students attending East High School is 1036.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of students attending West High School can be found by substituting x = 1036 into 2x - 250. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x - 250 = 2*1036 - 250 = 1822\r<BR>\n" );
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