Answer:
The pepper plant has 15 fruits on it.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the tomato plant have x plants. Let the pepper plant have y plants. Since the pepper plant has 2/3 more fruits on it than the tomato plant, we have that y - x = 2x/3
collecting like terms,
y = 2x/3 + x
The above is the number of plants the pepper plant has.
y = 2x/3 + x
y = (2x + 3x)/3
y = 5x/3
Since x = number of fruits on tomato plant = 9, then
y = 5x/3
y = 5(9)/3
y = 5 × 3
y = 15
Since y = number of fruits on pepper plant = 15
So, the pepper plant has 15 fruits on it.
