Problema Solution

316 people had voted in an election. The number of republican voters was 6 more than two-thirds the number of democrats. How meant republicans and how many democrats voted?

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let 'x' represent the number of democratic voters, then '(2/3)x + 6' represents the number of republican voters and we have this equation:

316 = x + (2/3)x + 6

solving for 'x' we have x=186


316-186 = 130


130 republicans and 186 democrats voted