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in 2009 there were three times as many millionares in kentucky as there were in rhode island. Together, a total of 84 thousand millionaires lived in the two states . find the number of millionaires in
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in 2009 there were three times as many millionares in kentucky as there were in rhode island. Together, a total of 84 thousand millionaires lived in the two states . find the number of millionaires in each of these states

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Ok so the amount of millionaires in Rhode island equals x and the amount in Kentucky equals 3x and together it equals 84,000

Therefore we know x+3x=84,000 now just solve for x!
4x=84000
x=84000/4
x=21000

Hope this helps!
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