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Question 467421: U.S senate has 100 members. After a certain election there were 10 mmore democrates than republicans with no other parties represented. how many members of each party were in the senate?
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U.S senate has 100 members. After a certain election there were 10 more democrates than republicans with no other parties represented. how many members of each party were in the senate?
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let the number of republicans be "x"
Then the number of democrats is "x+10"
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Equation:
x + x+10 = 100
2x = 90
x = 45 (# of republicans
x+10 = 55 (# of democrats)
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cheers,
Stan H.
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