Pat was in a fishing competition at Lake Pisces. He caught some bass
and some trout. Each bass
weighed 3 pounds, and each trout
weighed 1 pound. Pat caught a
total of 30 pounds of fish.
He got 5 points in the
Solve this system to find out how many bass and trout pat caught

competition for each bass, but
since trout are endangered in
Lake Pisces, he lost 1 point for
each trout. Pat scored a total of
42 points.
Question 1