At the beginning of the month, a video on a streaming service already had 2,130 views, and was getting 80 new views each day. Meanwhile, a video on a different service already had 1,800 views, and was getting 90 new views each day. Write an equation to show the number of days it would take for the two videos to have the same number of views. Use x as your variable.
The equation can be written as:
2,130 + 80x = 1,800 + 90x
To find the number of days it would take for the two videos to have the same number of views, we need to set up an equation. Let's use x as the variable to represent the number of days.
For the first video on the streaming service, the number of views can be represented by the equation:
Total views = 2,130 + 80x
For the second video on the different service, the number of views can be represented by the equation:
Total views = 1,800 + 90x
To find when the two videos will have the same number of views, we set these two equations equal to each other:
2,130 + 80x = 1,800 + 90x
This equation represents the number of views for both videos at any given day, x. We can solve it to find the value of x, which will tell us the number of days it takes for the two videos to have equal views.