Audrey has some guppies in a fish tank. The ratio of the orange guppies to silver guppies is 3 : 5. She has 12y orange puppies.

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Tanya [424]

3 years ago

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Audrey has some guppies in a fish tank. The ratio of the orange guppies to silver guppies is 3 : 5. She has 12y orange puppies.

Write the number of silver guppies she has in terms of y.

Mathematics

2 answers:

adelina 88 [10] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-11T07:34:53+03:00

adelina 88 [10]3 years ago

5 0

Answer:

Should be y=20

Step-by-step explanation:

Margarita [4] · Answer 2 · 2022-03-11T09:23:08+03:00

Margarita [4]3 years ago

4 0

We solve:
$\frac{3}{5} = \frac{12y}{number \: of \: silver \: guppies} \: or \\ \\ 3 \times (number \: of \: silver \: guppies) \: \\ = 60y \\ \\ this \: means \: the \: number \: of \: \\ silver \: guppies \: in \: terms \: of \: y \: is \: \\ \frac{60y}{3} = 20y$