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Nancy bought 360 tropical fish for a museum display. She bought 8 times as many goldfish as angelfish. How many of each type of fish did she buy?

Which is a system of equations to model the problem if x represents the number of angelfish Nancy bought and y represents the number of goldfish she bought?

A){x – y = 360
{y = 8x

B){x + y = 360
{y = 8x

C){x + y = 8
{y = 360x

D){x + 8y = 360
{y = 8x

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D){x + 8y = 369 Is the correct answer...Hope this helps :)
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D){x+8y=369{y=8x D is the answer
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