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System of Equations in two variables: The Two most common names for streets in the U.S. are 2nd and Main Street, with 15,684 streets bearing one of these names. There are 260 more streets named 2nd than Main Street. How Many streets bear each name?

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I NEED HELP SETTING THIS PROBLEM UP.
System of Equations in two variables: The Two most common names for streets in the U.S. are 2nd and Main Street, with 15,684 streets bearing one of these names. There are 260 more streets named 2nd  than Main Street. How Many streets bear each name?

anonymous · Answer

if we call say $x$ the number of streets names second street and $y$ the number of streets named "main"  then the first piece of information tells you 
$$x+y=15,684$$ and the second says $$x-y=260$$

anonymous · Answer

What would my next step be to finding the values of x and y?

anonymous · Answer

Nevermind, I made the connection. Thank you very much