SOLUTION: 1/3 of the elephants were ill. 300 elephants were not ill. How many elephants were ill? How many elephants were there in total?
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Question 846334: 1/3 of the elephants were ill. 300 elephants were not ill. How many elephants were ill? How many elephants were there in total? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = the number of elephants
that were ill = the total number of elephants
The number that were ill was:
Now I can say:
150 elephants were ill
There were
450 elephants total
