In a fish tank 8/11 of the fish have red stripes on them. if 16 of the fish have red stripes, how many total fish are in the tank

There are 22 total fish in the tank because 8 got doubled so 11 would also have to get doubled

Hi there, let x be the number of fish. We know 8/11 of the fish have a red stripe and 16 of the fish have a red stripe. Let's set up a problem, 8/11x=16, 10/x=16*11/8, 10/x=2*11, 10/x=22. Therefore, there are 22 fish in the tank.

X> -2 is the simplified version.