document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1013401>Question 1013401</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A few years ago, a total of 2693 thousand people lived in the metropolitan areas of Las Vegas, Nevada,  and Sacremento, California. Sacremento had 285 thousand more residents than Las Vegas. What was the population of each metropolitan area?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What was the population of the Sacremento area?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What was the population of the Las Vegas area?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "L=population of Las Vegas; S=population of Sacremento=L+285k<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "L+S=2693k<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L+(L+285k)=2693k<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2L=2408k<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L=1204<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: Population of Las Vegas was 1204 thousand.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "S+L+285k=1204k+285k=1489k<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: Population of Sacremento was 1489 thousand. </SPAN>\n" );
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