At the zoo, there were 3 times as many monkeys as lions. tom counted a total of 24 monkeys and lions. how many monkeys were there?

Abilliard ball is struck by a cue. it travels 1 0 0 cm 100cm before ricocheting off a rail and traveling another 1 2 0 cm 120cm into a corner pocket. the angle between the path as the ball approaches the rail and the path after it strikes the rail is 4 5 ∘ 45 ∘ . how far is the corner pocket from where the cue initially struck the ball? do not round during your calculations. round your final answer to the nearest centimeter.

Given the equation    = 5, solve for x and identify if it is an extraneous solution

Given the equation −4  = 12, solve for x and identify if it is an extraneous solution.