Question

Rangers at Howard Lake stocked the lake yesterday with a total of 72,190 fish. 55,738 of the fish were trout and the rest were catfish. How many of the fish were catfish?

Answer 1

The total number of Catfishes at Howard lake were 16452.

Explanation:

Given,

Total number of fishes = 72,190

Total number of Trout fishes = 55,738

We have to find the number of Catfishes at Howard Lake.

Solution,

Let total number of Catfishes be 'c'.

Total number of fishes is the sum of number of Trout fishes and total number of Catfishes.

So, we can say that;

Total number of fishes = Total number of Trout fishes + Total number of Catfishes

On substituting the values, we get;

`55738+c=72190`

On subtracting both side by '55738' using subtraction property of equality, we get;

`55738+c-55738=72190-55738\\\\c=16452`

Hence The total number of Catfishes at Howard lake were 16452.