SOLUTION: In a certain year, the number of Americans who died from heart disease was about 5 times the number who died from accidents. If the total number of deaths from these two causes was

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Question 1162052: In a certain year, the number of Americans who died from heart disease was about 5 times the number who died from accidents. If the total number of deaths from these two causes was 960,000, how many Americans died from each cause in that year?
Answer by ikleyn(52776) About Me  (Show Source):
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x + 5x = 960000


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