The team ordered 3 cheese pizzas for the year-end party. They ordered p more pepperoni pizzas than cheese pizzas. Choose the expression that shows how many pepperoni pizzas the team ordered.Choices:(A) p(B) 3−p(C) p−3(D) 3+p
Q. The team ordered 3 cheese pizzas for the year-end party. They ordered p more pepperoni pizzas than cheese pizzas. Choose the expression that shows how many pepperoni pizzas the team ordered.Choices:(A) p(B) 3−p(C) p−3(D) 3+p
Understand the problem: Step 1: Understand the problem statement.The team ordered 3 cheese pizzas and p more pepperoni pizzas than cheese pizzas. We need to find the total number of pepperoni pizzas.
Set up expression: Step 2: Set up the expression.Since they ordered p more pepperoni pizzas than the 3 cheese pizzas, the expression for the number of pepperoni pizzas is 3 (cheese pizzas) + p (additional pepperoni pizzas).
Identify correct choice: Step 3: Identify the correct choice.From the given choices, (D) 3+p correctly represents the total number of pepperoni pizzas ordered.
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