Question

Choose the correct answer.

Yves bought 420 tropical fish for a museum display. He bought 6 times as many parrotfish as angelfish. How many of each type of fish did he buy?

Which is a system of equations to model the problem if x represents the number of angelfish Yves bought and y represents the number of parrotfish he bought?


A.
x + y = 6
y = 420x

B.
x + 6y = 420
y = 6x

C.
x – y = 420
y = 6x

D.
x + y = 420
y = 6x

This would be D right?

Answer 1

Yes, D is correct.

Answer 2

total fish= 420= x + y

parrot fish y = 6 times angel fish = 6 x

Answer 3

Thank you! :D

Answer 4

np (: