Question

there are 50 fish in a pond. 15 of the fish are trench of the fish that are not tench 1/5 are minnows and the rest are goldfish. What is the ratio of tench to minnows to goldfish in the pond?

Answer 1

The answer is 3:2:5. I presented the work below.

Answer 2

The ratio of tench to minnows to goldfish in the pond is $15:7:28$

What is ratio ?

Ratio indicates how many times one number contains another.

We have,

Total fish $=50$

Tench fish $=15$

Not tecnch $= 50-15=35$

According to the questions;

Of the fish that are not tench, $\frac{1}{5}$ are minnows,

i.e. Minnows $=\frac{1}{5}*35=7$

Rest are goldfish i.e.

Goldfish $= 50-(15+7)=28$

So, the ratio of tench to minnows to goldfish is;

$15:7:28$

Hence, we can say that the ratio of tench to minnows to goldfish in the pond is $15:7:28$ .

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