Town A and Town B were located close to each other, and recently merged into one city. Town A had a population with 8% native Americans. Town B had a population with 6% native Americans. After the merge, the new city has a total of 4000 residents, with 6.6% native Americans. How many residents did Town A and Town B used to have? Write and solve a system equation to answer the following questions.   Town A used to have residents Town B used to have residents.

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Town A and Town B were located close to each other, and recently merged into one city. Town A had a population with 8% native Americans. Town B had a population with 6% native Americans. After the merge, the new city has a total of 4000 residents, with 6.6% native Americans. How many residents did Town A and Town B used to have?

Write and solve a system equation to answer the following questions.
 
Town A used to have residents
Town B used to have residents.

 

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