SOLUTION: The two most common place names in Canada are Mount Pleasant and Centreville. The total number of places with these names is 31. The number of places called Centreville is one

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Question 838688: The two most common place names in
Canada are Mount Pleasant and Centreville.
The total number of places with these names
is 31. The number of places called
Centreville is one less than the number of
places called Mount Pleasant. Write and
solve a syatem of equations to find the
number of places in Canada with each name.
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The two most common place names in Canada are Mount Pleasant and Centreville.

The total number of places with these names is 31.

Let highlight%28x%29 represent number called centreville, highlight%2831-x%29 called Mount Pleasant

Question States:

The number of placeshighlight%28x%29 called Centreville 

is one less than the number of placeshighlight%2831-x%29 called Mount Pleasant

 x = (31-x) -1 ****

 x = 31 - x - 1

 2x = 30

  x = 15,number called centreville. 16 called Mount Pleasant 

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 15 = 16 - 1