Question

Bert’s pizza contains x toppings.

Ernie’s pizza contains 4 times the number of toppings as Bert’s pizza.
The total number of toppings on the two pizzas is 15.

What is x, the number of toppings on Bert’s pizza?

Answer 1

x=3

Explanation:

x = number of toppings on berts pizza

Berts pizza has 1x toppings

Ernies pizza has 4x toppings

there are 15 toppings on both pizzas

x + 4x = 15 (combine like terms)-> 5x=15 (divide both sides by 5)-> x=3