The ration of Republicans to Democrats is 5:4.
So write 5:4 as 5/4.
Now the Republicans have 55 senators, right? So:
55 = 5
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? 4
55/11 = 5. So 4 x 11 = 44.
Which means there are 44 senators for the Democrats area.
Now we need to find the Independents. But how? Well...
They said that there are 100 senators. Which means the total of all three sections should equal to 100.
55 + 44 = 99.
100 - 99 = 1.
Which means there are 55 Republicans, 44 Democrats, and 1 lonely Independent. That’s how to solve it and if it’s wrong lemme know.