Brainteaser

In a certain fish market, fish prices are as follows:

blowfish: 25 cents per pound;
unicorn fish: $2.50 per pound;
yellowfin: $5 per pound.

I bought 25 pounds for $25. How many pounds of each did I buy?

Note: The number of pounds for each type of fish is a whole number.

Answer below.

In order to buy 25 pounds of fish and spend $25, I bought 3 pounds of yellowfin, 2 pounds of unicorn fish, and 20 pounds of blowfish.

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