If fishmarket bought two swordfish at a rate of $13 per pound. The cost of the larger fish was three times as great as the cost of the smaller fish. The total cost of the two fish was $3952. How much did each fish weigh?

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Justice Nichols

Mathematics

23 August, 01:03

If fishmarket bought two swordfish at a rate of $13 per pound. The cost of the larger fish was three times as great as the cost of the smaller fish. The total cost of the two fish was $3952. How much did each fish weigh?

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Luciana Ross · Answer 1

3952/13 is 304 pounds at the cost of 13 dollars each fish is 152pounds

Peter · Answer 2

3952*.25=988 for the first fish so it was 76 lbs

988*3=2964 for the second fish so it was 228 lbs

double checked 76 lbs + 228 lbs = 304 lbs

304 lbs at $13 a lb = 3952