Question

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The pet store has 3 times as many fish as hamsters. They have 8 more fish than hamsters. How many fish does the pet store have?

Answer 1

Your answer would be 12 fish.

We can find this by writing a set of equations where 'h' is hamsters and 'f' is fish. The information given tells us two ways in which f can be written:

f = 3h
f = h + 8

As these both equal 8, we can set them equal to each other and solve for h:

3h = h + 8
- h
2h = 8
÷ 2
h = 4

Now that we know there are 4 hamsters, we just multiply 4 by 3 as there are 3 times as many fish, to get 12.

I hope this helps!

Answer 2

The pet store has 12 fish and 4 hamsters, with the number of fish being three times that of the hamsters and 8 more in total.

Let's denote the number of hamsters as H and the number of fish as F. According to the given information, we can set up a system of two equations:

The pet store has 3 times as many fish as hamsters: F = 3H.

They have 8 more fish than hamsters: F = H + 8.

Now, we can use these equations to find the values of H and F. Substituting the first equation into the second, we get 3H = H + 8, which simplifies to 2H = 8. Solving for H, we find H = 4.

Now that we know the number of hamsters (H = 4), we can find the number of fish using the first equation: F = 3 * 4 = 12.

Therefore, the pet store has 12 fish and 4 hamsters.