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

Question

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

ganeshie8 · Answer

x represents the number of angelfish

y represents the number of parrotfish

ganeshie8 · Answer

What does the question say about the total number of fish?

aware09 · Answer

I have the answer now.. its D but thanks anyway @ganeshie8

ganeshie8 · Answer

D is correct