At the zoo,there were 3times as many monkeys as lions.Tom counted a total of 24 monkeys and lions.How many monkeys were there?

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Sheepez · Answer 1 · 2019-07-15T13:40:32+0000

To find the answer,we can set an equation:

Let y be the number of lions.

Multiply y by 3 would be the number of monkeys:

$3y = 24 \\ y = (24)/(3) \\ y = 8$

Alternative method:

24÷3
=8

Therefore,there are 8 monkeys.

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