Priya bought a fish last week. She was going to measure it but realized that her ruler was not long enough. She was able to measure the head and discovered that it was 12cm long; she then measured the tail and found that it was the length of the head plus one third of the length of the body. If the body was the length of the head plus the tail, what is the total length of the fish?
Choices:	A) 58	B) 45	C) 72	D) 63	E) 36
Let us take H=Length of the head   T=Length of the tail   B=length of the body   Given that H=12 cms.   T=H+1/3 B =&gt; T=12+1/3B   Let this be the first equation   B=H+T   substituting the value of H and T here we will get   B=12+12+1/3B   =&gt; B=24+1/3B   Therefore,B=36 cm   Substituting this in T we get   T=12+1/3(36)   T=12+12= 
<gadget id="calculator">12+12</gadget>
<output>24</output>
24   So now that you got all the values add   H=12 cm   B=36 cm   T= 24 cm   and the answer is 72 cm   ANSWER:72
<result>C</result>
Priya bought a fish last week. She was going to measure it but realized that her ruler was not long enough. She was able to measure the head and discovered that it was 12cm long; she then measured the tail and found that it was the length of the head plus one third of the length of the body. If the body was the length of the head plus the tail, what is the total length of the fish?