Question

a display at an aquarium has sea stars to wolf eels in a ratio 4 : 5. It also has 5/8 as many rockfish as sea stars. there are 40 more wolf eels than rock fish. How many sea stars are there?

Answer 1

The number of sea stars is 64.

What is a ratio?

Comparing two amounts of the same units and determining the ratio tells us how much of one quantity is in the other.

In general, a: b, which can be interpreted as "a is to b," is used to denote a ratio between two quantities, let's say "a" and "b."

This ratio is expressed in fraction form as a/b. We utilize the same method for further simplifying a ratio as we use for further simplifying a fraction.

According to the question,

Ratio of sea stars to wolf eels = 4:5

Number of rock fish= 5/8 (Number of sea stars)

Number of wolf eels - Number of rock fish = 40

Using the given information, we get,

Number of sea stars = 8/5 (Number of rock fish)

On simplification,

Number of wolf eels = 80

So, number of sea stars = (4/5)*80

                                          = 64

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