SOLUTION: the us senete has 100 members all democrats or republicans. recently there were 12 more democrats then republicans. how many senators from each political party were there at that t

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Found 2 solutions by checkley71, stanbon:
Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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X+X+12=100
2X=100-12
2X=88
X=88/2
X=44 REPUBLICIANS
100-44=56 DEMOCRATES.
PROOF
44+56=100

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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the us senete has 100 members all democrats or republicans. recently there were 12 more democrats then republicans. how many senators from each political party were there at that time.
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Let # of democrats be "x"
# of republicans is "x+12"
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EQUATION:
x + x+12 = 100
2x = 88
x = 44 (# of democrats)
x+12 = 56 (# of republicans)
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Stan H.