document.write( "Question 764953: The U.S. senate has 100 members. after a certain election, there were 4 more Democrats than Republicans, with no other parties represented. How many members of each party were there in the Senate? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #465836 by josmiceli(19441) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let $\"+x+\"$ = number of Republicans
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+%2B+4+\"$ = number of Democrats
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+%2B+x+%2B+4+=+100+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+2x+=+100+-+4+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+2x+=+96+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+=+48+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+%2B+4+=+52+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "There are 52 Democrats and 48 Republicans\r
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