document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=696707>Question 696707</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A few years ago a total of 2684 thousand people lived in the metropolitan areas of  Las Vegas, Nevada, and Sacramento, California. Sacramento had 282 thousand more residents than Las Vegas. What was the population of each metropolitan area? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #429292 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley79><B>checkley79(3341)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley79><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=429292\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> X=POPULATION OF LAS VEGAS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X+282,000 =POPULATION OF SACRAMENTO.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2,684,000=X+(X+282,000)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2,684,000=2X+282,000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2,684,000-282,000=2X<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2,402,000=2X<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2,402,000/2=X<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1,201,000=X THE POPULATION OF LAS VEGAS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1,201,000+282,000=1,483,000 THE POPULATION OF SACRAMENTO.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2,684,000=1,201,000+1,483,000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2,684,000=2,684,000<BR>\n" );
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