Question 764953
The U.S. senate has 100 members. after a certain election, there were 4 more Democrats than Republicans, with no other parties represented. How many members of each party were there in the Senate?
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Let # of Rupublicans be "x'
Then # of Democrats is "x+4"
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Equation:
x + (x+4) = 100
2x = 96
x = 48 (# of Reps)
x+4 = 52 (# of Dems)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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