there are 25 monkeys and tigers in a zoo. There are 4 times as many monkeys as tigers. How many monkeys are there?
This can be rewritten as ms sue said, x+4x. x Is representing the animals, therefore, 4x represents the monkeys. This can be simplified to 5x=25. Then if you divide to isolate the x, you get 5 Tigers....
x + 4x = 25
5x = 25
x = 5 tigers
To solve this problem, we can set up a system of equations based on the information given. Let's use "m" to represent the number of monkeys and "t" to represent the number of tigers.
From the problem, we know that there are 25 monkeys and tigers combined, so we can write the equation:
m + t = 25
Additionally, we are told that there are four times as many monkeys as tigers. Mathematically, this can be expressed as:
m = 4t
Now, we can substitute the value of m from the second equation into the first equation:
4t + t = 25
Simplifying the equation, we have:
5t = 25
Dividing both sides of the equation by 5, we find:
t = 5
Now, we can substitute the value of t back into the second equation to find the value of m:
m = 4 * 5
m = 20
Therefore, there are 20 monkeys in the zoo.