SOLUTION: The U.S. senate has 100 members.After a certain election, there were 12 more democrats than republicans, witho no other parties represented. how many memebers of each party were th

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Question 560204: The U.S. senate has 100 members.After a certain election, there were 12 more democrats than republicans, witho no other parties represented. how many memebers of each party were there in the senate
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x+x+12=100
2x=100-12
2x=88
x=88/2
x=44
x+12=56