Tony is opening a pizza restaurant and needs to determine the amounts of ingredients he will use in his pizzas. He wants the amount of dough for a medium pizza to be times the amount of dough for a small pizza. And, he wants the amount of dough for a large pizza to be times the
amount of dough for a small pizza. Also, the amount of dough used for one large pizza should to be equal to the amount of dough used for one
medium and one small pizza. So, he needs to determine how much dough to use for a small pizza. Use this information to complete the following
tasks.
Question 1
Part A
Write an equation to represent this situation with the variables representing the amount of dough needed for a small pizza.