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There are 4 times as many monkeys as elephants at the zoo. If the totAl number of monkeys and elephants is 35, how many monkeys Are there?

There are 4 times as many monkeys as elephants at the zoo. If the totAl number of monkeys and elephants is 35, how many monkeys Are there?
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There are 4 times as many monkeys as elephants at the zoo. If the totAl number of monkeys and elephants is 35, how many monkeys Are there?

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There are 28 monkeys
User Milan Raval
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Let's call the number of elephants x.
x+4x=35
5x=35
x=7
So there are 7 elephants. There are four times as many monkeys.
7×4=28
There are 28 monkeys.
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