How many students

Question

In a particular​ year, a total of 57,048 students studied in two of the most popular host countries when traveling abroad. If 5226 more students studied in the most popular host country than in the second most popular host​country, find how many students studied abroad in each country.

Answer 1

Two unknowns requires two equations. Let's think about this...

Let H₁ be the number of students who studied in the most popular host country & H₂ be for the other.

Obviously, H₁+H₂=57,048. But what about the other equation?

We're told that H₁ had 5226 more students than H₂, right? Try to find an equation that relates these two.

Substitution will be the easiest way to solve for each variable. H₂ should be 25,911. So H₁=?? (Use info from the problem statement to finish.)