Question 101400: Please help me solve this problem, thank you!!the population of manchester is 4 times the population of dover, and the population of portsmouth is 5,650 less than dover. If the population of all three towns is 154,850, what is the population of each city??
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Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! the population of manchester is 4 times the population of dover, and the population of portsmouth is 5,650 less than dover. If the population of all three towns is 154,850, what is the population of each city??
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Let population of dover be "x"
Manchester = 4x
Portsmouth = x-5650
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EQUATION:
x + 4x + x-5650 = 154,850
6x = 169500
x = 26750 (population of Dover)
4x = 107000(population of Manchester)
x-5650 = 21100 (population of Portsmouth)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
Answer by doukungfoo(195)  (Show Source):
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