Question

- Meredith picked 4 times as many green

peppers as red peppers. If she picked a total
of 20 peppers, how many green peppers did
she pick?

Answer 1

16.

Explanation:

The ratio is 4:1 so 4 / (4 + 1) = 4/5 of the total is green peppers.

So it is 20 * 4/5 = 16 .

Answer 2

Let g=green peppers
Let r =red peppers
1.creat two equations
20=g+r
G=4r
Substitute equation 2 into equation 1 for g
20=(4r) +r
20=5r
4=r
She picked 4 red peppers
Sub 4 into equation 1 for r
20=g+ (4)
16=g
She picked 16 green peppers.