Question

Paula caught a tarpon with a weight that was 10 times as great as the weight of a permit fish she caught. The total weight of the two fish was 154 pounds.

How much did each fish weigh?

The permit fish weighed _____ pounds.

The tarpon weighed ______ pounds.

Answer 1

The weight of permit fish 140 pounds

The weight of Tarpon fish 14 pounds

Explanation:

Let the weight of Tarpon fish ve 'x' Then by question weight of permit fish be '10x'

Now by question

x+10x=154 pounds

or,11x=154 pound

or,x=154pound/11

Therefore, x = 14 pounds

Again by question weight of permit fish

for 10x

by substituting value of x we have,

=10×14 pounds

=140 pounds