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The ratio of elephants to tigers at the local zoo is 1:4. There are 16 elephants at the zoo. How many tigers are there?

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there are 64 tigers in the zoo



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The ratio of elephants to tigers is 1:4, which means there are 4 times as many tigers as elephants. Since there are 16 elephants and there are 4 times as many tigers as elephants, the number of tigers is 16x4, or 64.

There are 64 tigers at the zoo.
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