51% of the fish in a pond are swordtails. The rest are mollies and guppies in the ratio 5:2. There are 222 more swordtails than guppies. How many fish are there in the pond altogether?(please help me with this within 5 minutes)
+128475 51% of the fish in a pond are swordtails. The rest are mollies and guppies in the ratio 5:2. There are 222 more swordtails than guppies. How many fish are there in the pond altogether?(please help me with this within 5 minutes)
Thr mollies and guppies comprise the other 49% of the fish.....if they are in the ratio of 5:2, then 35% of the total are mollies and 14% are guppies.
Let T be the total number of fish. Then.........
51% T = 14%T + 222 or
.51T = .14T + 222 subtract .14T from both sides
.37T = 222 divide both sides by ,37
T = 222/.37 = 600 fish total
Check ..... 51% are swordtails = 306
14% are guppies = 84
And 306 - 84 = 222
+128475 51% of the fish in a pond are swordtails. The rest are mollies and guppies in the ratio 5:2. There are 222 more swordtails than guppies. How many fish are there in the pond altogether?(please help me with this within 5 minutes)
Thr mollies and guppies comprise the other 49% of the fish.....if they are in the ratio of 5:2, then 35% of the total are mollies and 14% are guppies.
Let T be the total number of fish. Then.........
51% T = 14%T + 222 or
.51T = .14T + 222 subtract .14T from both sides
.37T = 222 divide both sides by ,37
T = 222/.37 = 600 fish total
Check ..... 51% are swordtails = 306
14% are guppies = 84
And 306 - 84 = 222
