SOLUTION: * In a certain aquarium area live only white sharks and hammerhead shraks. In this area, there are 341 more white sharks than hammerhead sharks. If the total number of sharks in th

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Question 1064167: * In a certain aquarium area live only white sharks and hammerhead shraks. In this area, there are 341 more white sharks than hammerhead sharks. If the total number of sharks in this area is 597, how many white sharks are there in this area?
Answer by ikleyn(52813) About Me  (Show Source):
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W + H = 597,
W - H = 341.
Add the two equations.