Question

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Nancy bought 360 tropical fish for a museum display. She bought 8 times as many goldfish as angelfish. How many of each type of fish did she buy?

Which is a system of equations to model the problem if x represents the number of angelfish Nancy bought and y represents the number of goldfish she bought?


A.
x – y = 360
y = 8x

B.
x + y = 360
y = 8x

C.
x + y = 8
y = 360x

D.
x + 8y = 360
y = 8x

Answer 1

@AnswerMyQuestions

Answer 2

@iGreen

Answer 3

@mathmath333

Answer 4

x = angelfish

y = goldfish

She bought 8 times as many goldfish as angel fish.

That's

y = 8x

Answer 5

She bought a total of 360 fish.

That means x + y = 360

So what's your answer gonna be? @RainbowBubbles01

Answer 6

hold on im figuring it out

Answer 7

I already gave you the two equations..lol

Answer 8

is it B.?

Answer 9

hello?

Answer 10

@iGreen ?

Answer 11

Yep, that's it!

Answer 12

thx

Answer 13

No problem.