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Two common names for streets are Second Street and Main Street, with 16 comma 209 streets bearing one of these names. There are 285 more streets named Second Street than Main Street. How many streets bear each name?

Name: two common names for streets are second street and main street with 16 comma 209 streets bearing one of these names there are 285 more streets named second street than main street how many s 47267
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Description: two common names for streets are second street and main street with 16 comma 209 streets bearing one of these names there are 285 more streets named second street than main street how many s 47267

          Two common names for streets are Second Street and Main Street, with 16 comma 209 streets bearing one of these names. There are 285 more streets named Second Street than Main Street. How many streets bear each name?

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Precalculus with Limits

Ron Larson 2nd Edition

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Two common names for streets are Second Street and Main Street, with 16 comma 209 streets bearing one of these names. There are 285 more streets named Second Street than Main Street. How many streets bear each name?