Carlos bought a total of 405 fish for a museum display. He bought parrotfish and angelfish. He bought 8 times as many parrotfish as angelfish. Let the variable x represent the number of angelfish Carlos bought and the variable y represent the number of parrotfish he bought. Use a system of equations to model and solve this situation. What is the solution to the system of equations? (60, 345) (45, 360) (55, 350) (35, 370)

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Carlie Schmitt

Mathematics

14 March, 16:51

Carlos bought a total of 405 fish for a museum display. He bought parrotfish and angelfish. He bought 8 times as many parrotfish as angelfish. Let the variable x represent the number of angelfish Carlos bought and the variable y represent the number of parrotfish he bought. Use a system of equations to model and solve this situation. What is the solution to the system of equations? (60, 345) (45, 360) (55, 350) (35, 370)

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Hillary Guerrero · Answer 1

x+y=405

x=8y

plug it into the first equation

8y+y=405

9y=405

y=45

now we can plug it back into x+y=405

x+45=405

x=360

The answer is (45, 360)