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The U.S Senate has 100 members. After a certain election, there were 14 more Democrats than Republicans, with no other parties represented. How many members of each party were there in the Senate?

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6 votes

Answer:

There are 48 + 4 = 52 Democrats

Explanation:

Let the number of Republicans be

x

.

There are

x

+

4

Democrats.

Thus,

x

+

(

x

+

4

)

=

100

2

x

=

100

4

x

=

96

2

=

48

There are 48 + 4 = 52 Democrats..

User Chinmay Naphade
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8.6k points
10 votes

Answer:

there were 43 people in republicans and 57 democrats

Explanation:

100-14=86

86/2=

43

43+14=57

User Sinem
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