SOLUTION: The U.S. Senate has 100 members. After a certain​ election, there were 18 more Democrats than​ Republicans, with no other parties represented. How many members of each
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Question 1087847: The U.S. Senate has 100 members. After a certain election, there were 18 more Democrats than Republicans, with no other parties represented. How many members of each party were there in the Senate?
democrats?
republicans?
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
d = r+18
d+r = 100
r+18+r = 100
2r = 82
r = 41
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100-41 = r use your calculator
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