Question

Jason, murray, and dana went fishing. Dana caught a red snapper. Jason caught a tuna with a weight 3 times as great as the weight of the red snapper. Murray caught a sailfish with a weight 12 times as great as the weight of the red snapper. If the combined weight of the three fish was 208 pounds, how much did the tuna weigh?

Answer 1

Tuna = 39 pounds

Red Snapper 13 pounds

Sailfish = 156 pounds

Explanation:

T = 3x

RS = x

S = 12x

3x + x + 12x = 208

16x = 208

x = 208/16

x = 13

Tuna = 3(13)=39

Red Snapper = 13

Sailfish = (12)(13) = 156