SOLUTION: An apartment bldg contains 250 apts. There are 50 more 2 bedroom apts than 1 bedroom apts. How many apts of each are there?

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Question 643235: An apartment bldg contains 250 apts. There are 50 more 2 bedroom apts than 1 bedroom apts. How many apts of each are there?
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Let represent the number of 1 bedroom apartments. Then must represent the number of 2 bedroom apartments. Together they total 250, so:



Solve for , then calculate

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