Acommittee in congress is made up of 19 members, and there are 9 more democrats than republicans on it. how many democrats are on the committee? a) 5 b) 10 c) 14 d) 28

C)14

Step-by-step explanation:

First off we need to define what we're looking for.

Total number of Committee Congress = 19

Let x = number of Republicans

Let x + 9 = Democrats

We add 9 to x since there are 9 more Democrats than Republicans.

x + (x+9) = 19

2x + 9 = 19

2x = 19 - 9

x = 5 Republicans

Since we now know the we have five Republicans, we can then subtract the amount of Republicans to the total number of members.

19 - 5 = 14 Democrats

5/12, or 5: 12

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