Two pumps are filing large vats of liquid. One vat is empty, and the pump is filing it at a rate of 6 gallons per minute. The other is already filled with 10 gallons, and it is continuing to fill at a rate of 4 gallons per minute. Write an equation to show when the two vats will have an equal amount of liquid. Use a as your variable.
Let a be the number of minutes it takes for the two vats to have an equal amount of liquid.
At a minutes, the empty vat will have been filled with 6a gallons of liquid, and the other vat will have been filled with 10 + 4a gallons of liquid.
Since the two vats have an equal amount of liquid, we can set up the equation:
6a = 10 + 4a
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Let a be the number of minutes it takes for the two vats to have an equal amount of liquid.
At a minutes, the empty vat will have been filled with 6a gallons of liquid, and the other vat will have been filled with 10 + 4a gallons of liquid.
Since the two vats have an equal amount of liquid, we can set up the equation:
6a = 10 + 4a
Simplifying the equation:
6a - 4a = 10
2a = 10
a = 10/2
a = 5
Therefore, it will take 5 minutes for the two vats to have an equal amount of liquid.
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Let a be the number of minutes it takes for the two vats to have an equal amount of liquid.
At a minutes, the empty vat will have been filled with 6a gallons of liquid, and the other vat will have been filled with 10 + 4a gallons of liquid.
Since the two vats have an equal amount of liquid, we can set up the equation:
6a = 10 + 4a
Rewriting the equation to isolate the variable:
6a - 4a = 10
2a = 10
a = 10/2
a = 5
Therefore, the two vats will have an equal amount of liquid after 5 minutes.
A yoga studio has two participation plans. For the first plan, the cost is $8 per visit. For the second plan, the cost is $40 per month, and $2 per visit. Write an equation to show the number of visits per month that it would take for the two plans to be equal. Use › as your variable.
Let v be the number of visits per month.
For the first plan, the cost is $8 per visit, so the total cost for v visits would be 8v dollars.
For the second plan, the cost is $40 per month, plus $2 per visit. So the total cost for v visits would be 40 + 2v dollars.
To find the number of visits per month that it would take for the two plans to be equal, we set up the equation:
8v = 40 + 2v
Simplifying the equation:
8v - 2v = 40
6v = 40
v = 40/6
v = 6.66667
Since v represents the number of visits per month, we cannot have a partial visit, so the number of visits required for the two plans to be equal would be 7 visits per month.
Two pumps are filing large vats of liquid. One vat is empty, and the pump is filing it at a rate of 6 gallons per minute. The other is already filled with 10 gallons, and it is continuing to fill at a rate of 4 gallons per minute. Write an equation to show when the two vats will have an equal amount of liquid. Use x as your variable.
Let x be the number of minutes it takes for the two vats to have an equal amount of liquid.
At x minutes, the empty vat will have been filled with 6x gallons of liquid, and the other vat will have been filled with 10 + 4x gallons of liquid.
Since the two vats have an equal amount of liquid, we can set up the equation:
6x = 10 + 4x
Simplifying the equation:
6x - 4x = 10
2x = 10
Therefore, the equation that shows when the two vats will have an equal amount of liquid is:
2x = 10