Molly shared a spool of ribbon with 12 people. Each person received 3 feet of ribbon. Which equation can she use to find r, the
2 answers:
For this case we have that if Molly spent all the spool ribbon with 12 people, then "r" would be given by the product of 12 for the amount of ribbon that each person received, that is:
Thus, the spool initially had 36 feet of ribbon.
If Molly also keeps 3 feet of ribbon, then the value of "r" is given by:
In this case, the ribbon spool initially had 39 feet of ribbon.
Answer:
shared between 12 people
shared between 12 people and Molly
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Latanya and George are saving up money because they both want to buy new bicycles. Latanya opened a savings account with $50. She just got a job and is determined to save an additional $30 a week. George started a savings account with $75. He is able to save $25 a week. Find the time (in weeks) when Latanya and George will have the same amount of money in their savings accounts.
Answer:
Latanya and George will have same amount after 5 weeks.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:
Opening Amount in account of Latanya = $50
Amount deposited every week = $30
Let number of week be 'w'.
Total Amount in Latanya savings account will be equal to Opening Amount plus Amount deposited every week multiplied by number of week.
framing in equation form we get;
Total Amount in Latanya savings account =
Also Given:
Opening Amount in account of George = $75
Amount deposited every week = $25
Let number of week be 'w'.
Total Amount in George savings account will be equal to Opening Amount plus Amount deposited every week multiplied by number of week.
framing in equation form we get;
Total Amount in George savings account =
Now we need to number of week when both will have same amount.
Now to find number of week when both will have same amount we need to make both the equation same we get;
Hence Latanya and George will have same amount after 5 weeks.