SOLUTION: In the lunchroom, they sold 4 cheese pizzas for every 3 sausage pizzas and every 1 anchovy pizza.If they sold 5 more cheese pizzas than sausage pizzas, how many of each type were s

Question 440872: In the lunchroom, they sold 4 cheese pizzas for every 3 sausage pizzas and every 1 anchovy pizza.If they sold 5 more cheese pizzas than sausage pizzas, how many of each type were sold?Show your work.
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For every 4 cheese pizzas sold, three sausage pizzas are sold, and one anchovie. Therefore, if 5 more cheese pizzas were sold during any one lunchtime, then:
5(4:3:1)=20:15:5----20 cheese pizzas were sold, 15 sausage pizzas, and 5 anchovy pizzas..
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