working backwards to find how much they are paying for pizza

[Justin14]

im in pre-algrebra, and i have no idea how to do this so heres the question

Steven, lisa, andmark want to buy a pizza. Steven said he could pay twice as much as lisa. mark said he could pay the remaining 3$, which is 1$ less than lisa's share, how much does the pizza cost, and it asks how much mark, lisa, steven are paying for the pizza.

 

[Deleted member 4993]

Re: working backwards

im in pre-algrebra, and i have no idea how to do this so heres the question


Steven, lisa, andmark want to buy a pizza. Steven said he could pay twice as much as lisa. mark said he could pay the remaining 3$, which is 1$ less than lisa's share, how much does the pizza cost, and it asks how much mark, lisa, steven are paying for the pizza.

"...mark said he could pay the remaining 3$," <<< How much did Mark pay?

"...3$, which is 1$ less than lisa's share" <<< How much did Lisa pay?

"...Steven said he could pay twice as much as lisa." <<< How much did Steven pay?

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