A few years ago, a total of 26812681 thousand people lived in the metropolitan areas of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Sacramento, California. Sacramento had 277277 thousand more residents than Las Vegas. What was the population of each metropolitan area?

The population of Lasvegas = 1202000.

Population of Sacramento = 1479000

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the population of each be

Las Vegas Nevada = L

and

Sacramento, California = S

Initially L + S = 2681 000 people

Sacramento had 277 thousand more residents than Las Vegas

This mean that:

L = Population of Las Vegas

L + 277,000 = population of Sacramento

2,681,000=L + (L+277,000)

2,681,000=2L + 277,000

2,681,000-277,000=2L

2,404,000=2L

2,404,000/2=L

1,202,000=L

The population of Lasvegas = 1202000.

1,202,000+277,000=1,479,000

Population of Sacramento = 1479000

Check base on the question.

2,681,000=1,202,000+1,479,000

2,681,000=2,681,000