Question

In a state legislature, there were 119 more members in the house of representatives than in the senate. If there were more members in the senate, write an expression to represent the total members in the state legislature.

a) H+S=119
b) H=S+119
c) H=2S+119
d) 2H=S+119

Answer 1

The expression to represent the total members in the state legislature is H = S + 119.

Step-by-step explanation:

To represent the total members in the state legislature, we need to express the relationship between the number of members in the house of representatives (H) and the number of members in the senate (S). The question states that there are 119 more members in the house of representatives than in the senate. So, the expression to represent the total members in the state legislature is:

H = S + 119