Answer:
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
[tex]\dfrac{2x}{2}=\dfrac{10}{2}[/tex]
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
