BOB THREW 8 OF THE FISH HE CAUGHT BACK IN THE WATER. HE DIVIDE THE REST EQUALLY AMONG 4 PEOPLE. EACH PERSON GOT 4 FISH, HOW MANY FISH DID BOB CATCH?

14 fish as its 4x4 + 8 fish he threw

finished with 16 fish...4x4

then add 8 because he threw them back

8+16 = 24

To determine how many fish Bob caught, we can work backwards from the information given. We know that each person received 4 fish and there were 4 people in total. Therefore, the total number of fish that the 4 people received is 4 fish per person times 4 people, which equals 16 fish in total.

However, Bob threw 8 fish back into the water, so we need to subtract those from the total. So we can calculate the number of fish Bob caught by adding the 8 fish Bob threw back into the water to the 16 fish that were distributed among the 4 people.

8 fish (thrown back) + 16 fish (distributed) = 24

Therefore, Bob caught a total of 24 fish.