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Criminology In 2004 , there were a total of 3.38 million car thefts and burglaries in the United States. The number of burglaries exceeded the number of car thefts by $906,000 .$ Find the number of burglaries and the number of car thefts.
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We are given two pieces of information that can be translated into two equations. The first piece of information is that the total number of car thefts and burglaries is 3.38 million. This can be written as: \[x + y = 3.38 \tag{1}\] Show more…
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