Jill's fish weighs 8 times as much as her parakeet. Together the pets weigh 63 ounces. How much does the fish weigh?
8x + x = 9 x = 63
x = 7
so 8x = 7*8 which is about 56 as I remember.
To find out how much the fish weighs, let's set up a variable to represent the weight of Jill's parakeet. Let's call it "P".
We are given that Jill's fish weighs 8 times as much as her parakeet. So, the weight of the fish can be represented as 8P.
We also know that together the pets weigh 63 ounces. So, we can set up an equation:
P + 8P = 63
Simplifying the equation, we combine the terms on the left side:
9P = 63
To isolate P, we divide both sides of the equation by 9:
P = 63 / 9 = 7
Therefore, Jill's parakeet weighs 7 ounces.
To find out how much the fish weighs, we can substitute the value of P into the equation for the weight of the fish:
Weight of the fish = 8P
Weight of the fish = 8 * 7
Weight of the fish = 56
Therefore, Jill's fish weighs 56 ounces.