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?

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anonymous · Answer

x – y = 360
y = 8x
       x + y = 360
y = 8x
       x + y = 8
y = 360x
       x + 8y = 360
y = 8x

anonymous · Answer

Its B.