Question

I picked 4 times as many green peppers as red peppers. If I picked a total of 20 peppers how many peppers did I pick?

Answer 1

Let green peppers = g, let red peppers = r.

g = 4r

g + r = 20

Plug in 4r for g

4r + r = 20

Simplify. Combine like terms

4r + r = 20

5r = 20

Isolate the r. Note the equal sign. What you do to one side, you do to the other. Divide 5 from both sides

5r/5 = 20/5

r = 20/5

r = 4

There are 4 red peppers.

Plug in 4 to one of the equations

g = 4r

g = 4(4)

g = 16

There are 16 green peppers.

Answer: 4 red peppers, 16 green peppers

hope this helps

Answer 2

16 green and 4 red pepper