A certain species of fish require 1.5 cubic feet of water per fish to maintain a healthy environment. What is the maximum number of fish you could put in a tank measuring 6 feet by 2 feet by 3 feet?

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CrispyRounds
Aug 6, 2018

#23# fish

Explanation:

First, we want to find how much the tank can hold in cubic feet, which would be given by #l*w*h#

#l*w*h=6# feet#*2# feet#*3# feet#=36# cubic feet

Now we can solve for how many fish can be in the tank with the expression

Tank space / space for one fish = # of fish

#35# cubic feet#/1.5# cubic feet= #23 1/3# fish

Since you cannot have #1/3# of a fish, you round down to #23# fish since #24# fish would not fit.

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