Question

At Vince's Vegetable market, there are three times as many red peppers as there are green peppers. How many red peppers are there if there are 15 green peppers?

A. 5
B. 15
C. 30
D. 45

Answer 1

Main Answer: If there are 15 green peppers at Vince's Vegetable Market, then there are 45 red peppers (3 times as many red peppers as green peppers).The option D is correct.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's say there are x green peppers at Vince's Vegetable Market. Since there are three times as many red peppers as green peppers, we can write this relationship as:3x = number of red peppers

Now, we know that there are 15 green peppers, so we can substitute x with 15 in the equation above:

3(15) = number of red peppers

45 = number of red peppers

Therefore, if there are 15 green peppers at Vince's Vegetable Market, then there are 45 red peppers.The option D is correct.