Question 96423
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.