SOLUTION: You realize how much my brother Jim fishes by now. The last time he went fishing he only caught three fish. The total weight was 64 ounces. The first one was twice as big as the se

Question 398272: You realize how much my brother Jim fishes by now. The last time he went fishing he only caught three fish. The total weight was 64 ounces. The first one was twice as big as the second fish. The third one was half as large as the first. How many ounces did each fish weigh?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the weights of the fish be , , and
given:
(1) ounces
(2)
(3)
----------------
from (2),

Substituting:
(1)

and

The weights of the fish are 32 ounces, 16 ounces, 16 ounces
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