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
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