Question
The variable x represents the number of angelfish Carlos bought and the variable y represents the number of parrotfish he bought.
Carlos bought 564 tropical fish for a museum display. He bought 5 times as many parrotfish as angelfish.
How many of each type of fish did he buy?
Which system of equations models this problem?
A. x+5y=564y=5x
B. x+y=5y=564x
C. x+y=564y=5x
D. x−y=564y=5x
