The variable x represents the number of angelfish Carlos bought and the variable y represents the number of parrotfish he bought
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Carlos bought 405 tropical fish for a museum display. He bought 8 times as many parrotfish as angelfish.
How many of each type of fish did he buy?
Which system of equations models this problem?
{x+y=405
y=8x
{x−y=405
y=8x
{x+4y=8
y=405x
{x+y=8
y=405x
Carlos bought 405 tropical fish for a museum display. He bought 8 times as many parrotfish as angelfish.
How many of each type of fish did he buy?
Which system of equations models this problem?
{x+y=405
y=8x
{x−y=405
y=8x
{x+4y=8
y=405x
{x+y=8
y=405x
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