In a fish tank 6/7 of the fish have red stripes on them if 18 on the fish have a stripes on them how many total fish are there i

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iogann1982 [59]

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In a fish tank 6/7 of the fish have red stripes on them if 18 on the fish have a stripes on them how many total fish are there i

n the tank

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Zolol [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-13T22:02:34+03:00

Zolol [24]3 years ago

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6/7 of the total fish have red stripes
18 of the total fish have red stripes

so 6/7 of the total fish = 18
lets x represent the total number of fish...

6/7x = 18
x = 18 / (6/7)
x = 18 * 7/6
x = 126/6
x = 21 <=== so there are 21 total fish