Question

West highs schools population is 250 student fever than twice the population of east high schoo. The two schools have a total of 2858 students. How many students attend east highschool

Answer 1

The total number of students in the two schools is x + 2x - 250
As the total is 2858, we have
x + 2x - 250 = 2858

Solving for x, we have
3x - 250 = 2858
3x = 3108
x = 1036
So the number of students attending East High School is 1036.
The number of students attending West High School can be found by substituting x = 1036 into 2x - 250.
2x - 250 = 2*1036 - 250 = 1822