Question

Doug's Pizza Shop sells pizza for $12plus $3per topping "t". Jake'sPizza Shop sells pizza for $17plus $2per topping "t". Write an equation that willtell you how many toppings need to be on a pizza from each pizza place to make their pizza the same price.

Answer 1

5 toppings

Explanation:

Given that :

Doug's pizza:

Sales price of pizza :$12 plus

Topping (t) = $3 per topping

Jake's pizza:

Sales price of pizza :$17 plus

Topping (t) = $2 per topping

To make their pizza the same price, how many topping needs to be on a pizza of each

12 + 3t = 17 + 2t

3t - 2t = 17 - 12

t = 5

5 toppings each