Black grouper fishing regulations state that a grouper must be 24 inches long when caught or more or it has to be released. Fisherman off the coast catches 7 black grouper. Each grouper is the same length and the sum of the lengths of all the groupers combined is 154 inches. Are the groupers big enough to keep?
To determine if the groupers are big enough to keep according to the fishing regulations, we need to check if each grouper is at least 24 inches long. We also need to calculate the total length of all the groupers combined.
Let's start by finding the length of each grouper. We know that there are 7 groupers in total and that they are all the same length. Therefore, we can divide the sum of their lengths by the number of groupers to find the length of each grouper.
154 inches / 7 groupers = 22 inches per grouper
Each grouper has a length of 22 inches. Now we need to check if this length is greater than or equal to the minimum requirement of 24 inches. Since 22 inches is less than 24 inches, these groupers are not big enough to keep.
Therefore, according to the fishing regulations, the groupers should be released.