Joe ate twice as many pieces of Halloween candy as ed together they are 48 candies how many pieces of candy did ed eat?

Answer: 16

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of candy Ed took be denoted as "x"

Since Joe ate twice the amount of candy Ed ate, then the number of candies joe ate will be denoted as "2x"

Since all together they ate a total of 48 candies, then the sum of the candies eaten by Joe and Ed is what gives a total of 48

This means:

2x + x = 48

3x = 48

X = 16.

Since the "x" calculated for is what was used to denote the number of candies Ed ate, it means Ed ate 16 pieces of candy.