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Alaina went to the pet store to buy fish for her new 14-gallon fish tank. Each large fish costs $8 and requires 2 gallons
of water. Each small fish costs $3 and requires 0.5 gallon of water. She has $70 to spend on fish at the pet store. Circle
the combination of large and small fish can Alaina purchase for her fish tank?

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Margauxcolleye

Answer:

Small fish= 7

Big fish= 21/4 (so she'll get 5 big fish)

Step-by-step explanation:

With the problem, there are two equations, one for the cost, and one for the amount of water. For the first equation, Alaina can spend 70 dollars and the fish cost 8 and 3 dollars so the equation is 70=8b+4s (s for small and b for big). Then for the second equation there are 14 available gallons and the fish require 2 and .5 gallons so 14=2b+0.5s. Then you just solve the system of equations.

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