Y catches 5 times more fishes than X. If total number of fishes caught by X and Y is 42, then number of fishes caught by X?

• let x=n
  y=5n
  then x+y=6n
  6n=42
  n=7
  x catches=7
• 13 years agoHelpfull: Yes(2) No(0)
• Let the fishes catched by X be x
  then Y catches 5 times more than X ie 5x
  total fishes caught by both X and Y is x+5x=42
  6x=42
  x=7
  X catched 7 fishes
• 13 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(2)
• X+5Y=42
  X=7
• 7 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
• y = 5x
  x + y = 42
  6x = 42
  x =7
• 3 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)