At the zoo there were 3 times as many monkeys as lions. tom counted a total of 24 monkeys and lions. how many monkeys were there ?

M=3L
m+L=24
3L+L=24
4L=24
L=6
m=3L
m=3(6)
There are 18 monkeys.

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L= number of lions at the zoo
M= number of monkeys at the zoo, but we know that there were 3 times as many monkeys as lios, so:  

Tom counted a total of 24 monkeys and lions, so:



There were 18 monkeys

A= the square root of 3“if letters are anything like people, they’re all equal and deserve to be treated equally.”