Question

of the 180 individuals that died from lung cancer, it was determined that twice the number of smokers died from it than nonsmokers. how many smokers died from lung cancer?

Answer 1

120 smokers died from lung cancer

Explanation:

Let's let x = the number of people that died that were NON-smokers.

That means that 2x = the number that died that were smokers.

The total of nonsmokers + smokers = 180.

So

x + 2x = 180

3x = 180

x = 60

So 60 NON-smokers and 120 smokers. 60 + 120 = 180