Question

Jay and Blair went fishing. Together, they ccaight 27 fish. Jay caught 2 times as many fish as Blair. How many fish did Jay and Blair each catch?

Answer 1

The equation is 2x+x=27
2x means Jay caught twice as much as Blair. and x is the amount of fish Blair caught.
2x+x=27
combine the like terms
3x+27
divide 3 on both sides
x=9
so Jay caught 18 fish, and Blair caught 9

Answer 2

Blair caught 9 and Jay caught 18

Explanation:

Given: Jay and Blair went fishing. Together, they caught
`27` fish. Jay caught
`2` times as many fish as Blair.

To Find: Number of fish caught by Jay and Blair each.

Solution:

Total number of fishes caught by both
`=27`

let number of fishes caught by Blair
`=\text{x}`

As,

Number of fish caught by Jay
`=2(\text{Number of fish caught by Blair})`

Number of fish caught by Jay
`=2\text{x}`

Total number of fish caught by Jay and Blair

`=\text{x}+2\text{x}`

`3\text{x}`

now,

`3\text{x}=27`

`\text{x}=9`

Number of fish caught by Blair
`=9`

Number of fish caught by Jay
`=2\text{x}`

Number of fish caught by Jay
`=2*9`

`18`

Hence the number of fish caught by Jay is
`18` and by Blair is
`9`.