SOLUTION: There is a fish that weighs 60 pounds in total,the head weighs 3/5 of the body and the tail weighs 1/3 of the head. What does the body weigh?
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Question 939353: There is a fish that weighs 60 pounds in total,the head weighs 3/5 of the body and the tail weighs 1/3 of the head. What does the body weigh?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3/5+1/3=
9/15+5/15=14/15
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body is 1/15 of 60
60*1/5=12 lbs
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