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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?
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d = r+18
d+r = 100
r+18+r = 100
2r = 82
r = 41
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100-41 = r use your calculator