Given :
A local fish market is selling fish and lobsters by the pound. The fish, f, costs $5.00 a pound, while the lobster, l, costs $8.00 a pound. The fish market sells 20.5 pounds and makes $131.00.
To Find :
How many pounds of fish and pounds of lobster did the market sell.
Solution :
Let, pounds of fish sells are x.
So, pounds of lobsters sells are (20.5 - x) .
Total amount of spend = 5x + 8( 20.5 - x)
5x + 8( 20.5 - x) = 131
5x - 8x + 164 = 131
3x = 33
x = 11
Therefore, number of pounds of fish and lobsters are 11 and 9.5 pounds respectively.
Hence, this is the required solution.
