Question 192066: The two largest cities in the United States are New York and Los Angeles.In 2002, the population of New York was 4,285,335 greater then the population of Los Angeles, and there were a total of 11,883,297 people living in these two cities. Find the population of each city using these population figures (Source:World Almanac and Book of Facts 2004.)
answer: New York: 8,084,316 Los Angeles:3,798,981
anyone can give a full break down of how these population figures came about
Answer by jojo14344(1513)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let population of Los Angeles, = x
And,
Population of New York,  = 4,285,335 + x
*Take note, population for both:
LA + NY = 11,883,297
x = 3,798,981, Popl'n. for LA
8,084,316, Popl'n. for NY
Thank you,
Jojo
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