the aquarium has 6 fewer yellow fish than green fish. 40 percent of the fish are yellow. how many green fish are in the aquarium? show your work.

In the aquarium there are 18 green fish

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's call "y" the amount of yellow fish in the aquarium.

Let's call "g" the amount of green fish in the aquarium

We know that:

The aquarium has 6 yellow fish less than green fish

This means that:

We also know that:

40 percent of the fish are yellow:

Now substitute the first equation in the second and solve for g

d is the correct answer

step-by-step explanation:

x= 8 because 3x = 3 * 8, and 3*8 = 24