document.write( "Question 816837: If the ratio of Republicans to Democrats in a district is 4 to 9, and there are a total of 2210 Republicans and Democrats in that district, how many Republicans are there? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "If the ratio of Republicans to Democrats in a district is 4 to 9,
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document.write( "Let 4x and 9x represent the number of Republicans and Democrats respectively
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document.write( "a total of 2210 Republicans and Democrats in that district
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document.write( "    13x = 2200
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document.write( "      x = 170
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document.write( "Number Republicans  4x  Or  680
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document.write( "Number Democrats    9x  Or 1530\r
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document.write( "total Republicans and Democrats  2210 \n" );
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