Question 104331
The school board plans to merge two junior high schools into one school of 800 students in which 40% of the students will be Caucasian. One of the schools currently has 58% Caucasian students, the other has only 10 % Caucasian students. How many students are in each of the two schools? 
Could it be that one school has 464 Caucasian students and the other school has 80 Caucasian students?
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1st school DATA:
Let number of students = "x" ; # of whites = 0.58x 
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2nd school DATA:
Number of students = "800-x" ; # of whites = 0.10(800-x) = 80-0.10x
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Merged-school DATA:
Number of students = 800 ; # of whites = 0.40(800)=320
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EQUATION:
white + white = white
0.58x + 80-0.10x = 320
0.48x = 240
x = 500 (# of students from the school with 58% Caucasian)
800-x=300 (# of students from the school with 10% Caucasian)
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Cheers,
Stan H.