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A precinct reported that 313 people had voted in an election. The number of Republican voters was 8 more than two-thirds the number of Democrats. How many Republicans and how many Democrats voted in that
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A precinct reported that 313 people had voted in an election. The number of Republican voters was 8 more than two-thirds the number of Democrats. How many Republicans and how many Democrats voted in that precinct?
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x=number of republican voters
y=number of democrats
x+y=313
x=2/3y+8
plug the second equation to the first equation
2/3y+y+8=313
5/3y=305
y=183
x=130
130 republicans and 183 democrats voted in a precinct
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