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5) In a recent session of Parliament a total of 150 Conservative members, 30 Liberal members and 8

members of the NDP showed up to vote for a private members bill in the House of Commons. Exactly

94 votes for the bill and 94 votes against were tabulated. There were three times as many conservatives

who voted for the bill as there were Liberals who voted against the bill. Additionally, there were fifteen

times as many conservatives voting against the bill as there were non-conservatives voting for the bill.

How many Conservatives, how many Liberals and how many NDP members voted for the bill? Solve

using a system of equations.