In a legislative body of 200 people, the number of Democrats is 50 less than 4 times the
number of Republicans. If one fifth of the legislators are neither Republican nor Democrat,
how many of the legislators are Republicans?
(A) 42
(B) 50
(C) 71
(D) 95
(E) 124
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let X=number of republican
Y=number of democrats
since 1/5th of the members out of 200 are neither Republican nor Democrat
therefore excluding them the total number of democrats and republican is
X+Y=160
according to the question
Y=4X-50
=>160-X=4X-50
=>5X=210
therefore number of republicans are 42
A
42 is right
answer is A
a
a
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