Question

The number of guppies that a fish tank can safely hold depends on its volume. A fish tank should have a volume of 576 cubic inches to safely hold 3 gupples. How many guppies can a fish tank that is 24 inches long, 12 inches wide and 16 inches high safely hold? Show your work

Answer 1

Answer:

$24\text{ Gupples}$

Explanation:

Here, we want to get the number of fishes a tank with the given volume can hold

Firstly, we need to get the volume of the given fish tank

Mathematically, we have that as:

$\begin{gathered} V\text{ = L}\times B\times H \\ V\text{ = 24}\times12\times16\text{ = 4608 cubic inches} \end{gathered}$

576 cubic inches can hold 3 Gupples

4608 cubic inches will hold x Gupples

Mathematically:

$\begin{gathered} 576\times x\text{ = 4608}\times3 \\ x\text{ = }\frac{4608\times3}{576} \\ x\text{ = 24 Gupples} \end{gathered}$