SOLUTION: If there are twice as many gorillas as elephants at the zoo, and those gorillas and elephants have a total of 48 legs, how many elephants are there at the zoo?
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Question 248359: If there are twice as many gorillas as elephants at the zoo, and those gorillas and elephants have a total of 48 legs, how many elephants are there at the zoo?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let g= number of gorillas
e=number of elephants
g=2e
2g+4e=48
substitute 2e for g
4e+4e=48
8e=48
e=6
there are six elephants
g=2e=12 gorillas
check
6*24+12*2=48
48=48
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