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Question

every month Omar buys pizzas to serve at a part for his friends. In May he bought 3 more than twice number of pizzas he bought in April. If Omar bought 15 pizzas in May how many pizzas did he buy in April 

Answer 1

Hi Hailee,

 

I'm getting hungry, thinking about all that pizza.

 

Omar bought 15 pizzas in May.

 

In May, he bought 3 more than twice the number that he bought in April.

 

Since we don't know how many he bought in April, let X = the number of April pizzas.

 

Then, 15 = 2X + 3

 

Now you can subtract 3 from both sides, then divide both sides by 2 to leave X by itself and discover what it equals.

 

Have fun.

 

Dan