Choose the correct answer.
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
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
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I think it's b or a
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
B
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
Okay, x is # of angelfish. Since there's 8 times as many goldfish, it's 8x. 8x+x=360(amount of fish)
there ya go