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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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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:

[tex]3y = 24 \\ y = \frac{24}{3} \\ y = 8[/tex]

Alternative method:

24÷3
=8

Therefore,there are 8 monkeys.

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