Homework Help: algebra

Posted by cece on Monday, May 16, 2011 at 7:22pm.

Suppose you have $55 in your account. You start saving $10 each week. Your friend has $20 in her account and is saving $15 each week.

A) When will you and your friend have the same amount of money in your accounts?
B) How much money will each of you have?

algebra - Reiny, Monday, May 16, 2011 at 8:24pm
let number of weeks be w

solve
10w + 55 = 15w + 20

take it from there
algebra - Amanda, Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 7:46pm
10w+55=15w+20
-10w -10w
55=5w+20
-20 -20
35=5w
/5 /5
7=w

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