Question

Lucy went to the pet store to buy 17 fish for her aquarium. She bought Fancy Goldfish for $13.49 each and Plecos for $3.25 each. She spent a total of $198.61. How many of each kind of fish did Lucy buy?

Answer 1

Explanation:

let gold fish= X

let Plecos fish= Y

X +Y = 17................(I)

13.49X + 3.25Y =198.61........(II)

solve simuteniously to get

X = 14

Y = 3.....therefore

she bought 14 gold fish and 3 plecos fish