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Isabelle won the raffle at the zoo and gets to feed the dolphins! The dolphin trainer gives Isabelle a bucket of fish to divide evenly among 55 dolphins. Each dolphin gets 44 fish.\newlineWhich equation can you use to find the number of fish ff in the bucket before Isabelle feeds the dolphins?\newlineChoices:\newline(A) f+5=4f + 5 = 4\newline(B) f5=4f - 5 = 4\newline(C) 5f=45f = 4\newline(D) f/5=4f/5 = 4\newlineSolve this equation for ff to find the number of fish in the bucket before Isabelle feeds the dolphins.\newline____\_\_\_\_ fish\newline

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Q. Isabelle won the raffle at the zoo and gets to feed the dolphins! The dolphin trainer gives Isabelle a bucket of fish to divide evenly among 55 dolphins. Each dolphin gets 44 fish.\newlineWhich equation can you use to find the number of fish ff in the bucket before Isabelle feeds the dolphins?\newlineChoices:\newline(A) f+5=4f + 5 = 4\newline(B) f5=4f - 5 = 4\newline(C) 5f=45f = 4\newline(D) f/5=4f/5 = 4\newlineSolve this equation for ff to find the number of fish in the bucket before Isabelle feeds the dolphins.\newline____\_\_\_\_ fish\newline
  1. Understand the problem: Understand the problem.\newlineIsabelle has a bucket of fish to divide evenly among 55 dolphins, and each dolphin gets 44 fish. We need to find the total number of fish in the bucket before she feeds the dolphins.
  2. Translate the problem: Translate the problem into an equation.\newlineSince each of the 55 dolphins gets 44 fish, we can multiply the number of dolphins by the number of fish per dolphin to find the total number of fish. This gives us the equation 5×number of fish per dolphin=total number of fish in the bucket.5 \times \text{number of fish per dolphin} = \text{total number of fish in the bucket}.
  3. Identify the correct equation: Identify the correct equation from the choices.\newlineThe correct equation that represents the situation is 5f=45f = 4, where ff is the number of fish per dolphin. However, this equation is incorrect because it would mean each dolphin gets 45\frac{4}{5} of a fish, which is not possible in this context. We need to find the total number of fish, so the correct equation should be 5×4=f5 \times 4 = f, which is not listed in the choices. The correct equation should represent the total number of fish in the bucket, which is 55 dolphins times 44 fish per dolphin.