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Sam's two new aquariums each hold exactly 200 gallons of water.One aquarium will hold small fish and the other will hold large fish. Now he needs new fish for his aquarium.He will buy 5 small fish for every 10 gallons of water in the aquarium.He will buy 8 large fish for every 40 gallons of water in the aquarium.What is the total number of fish Sam will have? What will be the ratio of Sam's small fish to large fish? Could the ration be 25 small fish for every 10 big fish?

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Answer:

100 small fish will be in 200 gallons of water. 40 large fish will be in 200 gallons of water.

Step-by-step explanation:

200/10=20

20*5=100 small fish

200/40=5

5*8=40 large fish

100+40=140 total fish

small fish/large fish=100/40=10/4=5/2 is the ratio