Question 148047
SOLUTION:

Suppose the number of non-business bankruptcies was x in 1994.
Then the number in 2002 was 2x - 80,000

As the total of non-business bankruptcies for these two years is 2,290,000, the equation can be set up as:
x + 2x - 80,000 = 2,290,000

Solving for x, we have
x + 2x = 80,000 + 2,290,000
3x = 2,370,000
x = 790,000

So the number of non-business bankruptcies was 790,000 in 1994, and the number of non-business bankruptcies was 2x - 80,000 = 1,500,000 in 2002.