Syafiq had twice as many male guppies as female guppies.He gave away half of his female guppies and an equal?

Question

number of male guppies.
a) Find the ratio of the number of his female guppies left to the number of female guppies left.
b) If he had 60 guppies left, how many guppies did he have at first?
P.S: I need the steps of how you gt the ans! :)

Answer 1

x = number of female guppies
2x = number of male guppies
He have away half of each. So, x/2 male and x female remains.
x + x/2 = 60.
3x/2 = 60
x = 40
2x = 80
He had 120 guppies (40 female, 80 male)

Answer 2

Let:
x = # of female gupies
y = # of male gupies
at first:
2x=y
He gave away half the female gupies (x/2) and an equal number of male gupies (x/2)
so now:
# Female gupies = x - x/2
# male gupies = y - x/2
If he has 60 left then:
60 = x - x/2 + y - x/2 = y
since 60= y and 2x=y, then x=30, y =60
Let's double check:
Started with twice male than female (30 F and 60 M) OK
Gave away half female and same number of male, then left with 60 (now 15F and 45M) OK
So:
a) the ratio of female to female = 1
(if a) was a typo, ratio of female to male is 1:3)
b) he has 60 left: he had 90 to begin with

Answer 3

a) So easy! Its 1:2. He gave away HALF already told you the answer.
b)
2:1=4:2
2/2=1
4-1=3
3+1=4
4u=60
1u=15
4+2=6
6u=90
He had 90 guppies at first, girl.

Answer 4

Process listed above is correct, but still can be defined in one variable, it is easier than working in two.

Answer 5

i suck at math i cant even minus without really thinking about it and i have even taken college algebra! i got a c but i remember none of it. im surethe answer is really easy but i dont have it sorry!

Answer 6

what kind of name is Syafiq?