A precinct reported that 313 people had voted in an election. The number of Republican voters was 8 more than two-thirds the number of Democrats. How many Republicans and how many Democrats voted in that precinct?
x=number of republican voters y=number of democrats x+y=313 x=2/3y+8 plug the second equation to the first equation 2/3y+y+8=313 5/3y=305 y=183 x=130 130 republicans and 183 democrats voted in a precinct
