There are 31 fish in a fish tank. The fish are either orange or red. There are 17 more orange fish than half the number of red fish. How many fish are orange? How many are red? URGENT

Answer 1

O = 17 +R/2

O = 21 2/3 = # of Orange

R = 9 1/3 = # of Red

17 +(9 1/3)2 = 17 +14/3 = 17 +4 2/3 = 21 2/3

21 2/3 + 9 1/3 = 31

O +R = 31

or

O = 31 -R = 17 +R/2

3R/2 = 14

R = 2/3 x 9 1/3 Red fish

O = 31 - 9 1/3 = 21 2/3 Orange fish

Usually fish come in integer numbers not fractions

maybe the problem was copied incorrectly

as written the fish look a little fishy