Problema Solution

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The number of Democrats is two times the sum of the number of Republicans and 17, less 23.

R= # Republicans.

How many Democrats are there??

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The number of Democrats is two times the sum of the number of Republicans and 17, less 23.

R= # Republicans.

D = # Democrats

D = 2(R + 17 ) - 23

D   = 2R + 34 - 23

  D  = 2R + 11

The number of Democrats there is 2R + 11