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There are 3 times elephants compared to giraffes in the safari. If there is a total of 88 elephants and giraffes,how many elephants are there in the safari?

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3g=e
g+e=88

g+3g=88
4g=88
g=88/4
g=22

3g=e
3(22)=e
e=66

There are 66 elephants and 22 giraffes in the safari.
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