Question

A pet fish guidebook says many fish need 1 cubic foot of water in their aquarium for every four fish. Determine whether the aquariums shown below meet that guideline?

Aquarium A contains 60 fish.



Aquarium B contains 200 fish.



Aquarium C contains 50 fish.

Answer 1

yes, yes, no

Explanation:

All of the aquariums meet the minimum area requirements per four fish except Aquarium C. The picture of the original question and my answers are attached

Answer 2

Unfortunately though, I think in order to answer these cases in the problem, I think we should have been given with the volume of each of the aquarium. However, generally, the approach to this problem is to simply divide the volume by the number of fish and see if it meets the guideline. We will know that it meets the guideline if the quotient obtained is greater than or equal to 1 cubic foot per 4 fish. Solving for the minimum volume of each of the Aquariums,
(A) Aquarium A: 60 fish x (1 ft³ / 4 fish) = 15 ft³
(B) Aquarium B: 200 fish x (1 ft³ / 4 fish) = 50 ft³
(C) Aquarium C: 50 fish x (1 ft³ / 4 fish) = 12.5 ft³