Rank and alice are penguins. at birth, frank's beak was 1.95 inches long, while alice's was 1.50 inches long. homework help ✎ fr
ank's beak grows by 0.25 inches per year and alice's grows by 0.40 inches per year. write an equation to represent the length of each penguin's beak in x years. how old will they be when their beaks are the same length?
<span>F for Frank, A or Alice.
F(initial)=1.95 inches
A(initial)=1.50 inches
Frank's equation at .25 inches per year and t representing year variable.
F=1.95+.25t
Alice's equation at .40 inches per year and t representing year variable.
A=1.5+.40t
To figure out how old they will be when their beaks are the same lengths set the equations equal to eachother as the equations are length.
1.95+.25t=1.5+.40t
.45=.15t
t=3 years</span>
