Malik has 4 times as many tennis balls as Peter. The total number of tennis balls Malik has is 20. If x represents the number of tennis balls Peter has, write an equation to represent the situation.

Answer 1

Peter has X tennis balls.
Malik has 4x.
4x = 20.

Answer 2

If Peter has x tennis balls, then
Malik has 4x tennis balls

but we are told
4x = 20