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spongebob and patrick share jellyfish in the ratio 3:5. spongebob recieves 16 less jellyfish than patrick. how many jellyfish are there in total? how​

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Answer:

64 jellyfish in total

Explanation:

Let x be the total number of jellyfish.

We know that SpongeBob receives
\sf (3x)/(8) jellyfish and Patrick receives
\sf (5x)/(8 ) jellyfish.

We also know that SpongeBob receives 16 less jellyfish than Patrick, so we can write the following equation:


\sf (5x)/(8) - (3x)/(8) = 16

Simplifying the left-hand side of the equation, we get:


\sf (5x-3x )/(8) = 16


\sf (x)/(4)=16

Multiplying both sides of the equation by 4, we get:


\sf x = 16* 4


\sf x = 64

Therefore, there are 64 jellyfish in total.

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