I need to count the purple scales on the rainbow fish. Looking at the image, I can see the purple scales are arranged in rows, primarily near the tail and along the top and bottom edges of the fish.
I will count the purple scales row by row:
- The topmost row has 3 purple scales.
- The second row has 4 purple scales.
- The third row has 5 purple scales.
- The fourth row has 6 purple scales.
- The fifth row has 5 purple scales.
- The sixth row has 4 purple scales.
- The bottom row has 3 purple scales.
Adding these up: 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 = 28 purple scales.
I have now counted all the colored scales on the rainbow fish. Let me summarize my findings:
- Yellow scales: 28
- Orange scales: 28
- Green scales: 28
- Pink scales: 28
- Purple scales: 28
The solution to the problem is that there are 28 scales of each color on the rainbow fish. This makes sense as the fish appears to have a symmetrical pattern with each color appearing in the same number of rows and with the same distribution across those rows.
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