Carly and janiya put some money into their money boxes every week. the amounts of money (y), in dollars, in their money boxes af
ter certain amounts of time (x), in weeks, are shown by the equations below:carlyy = 60x + 40janiyay = 50x + 80after how many weeks will carly and janiya have the same amount of money in their money boxes and what will that amount be? 5 weeks, $280 5 weeks, $340 4 weeks, $280 4 weeks, $340
60x + 40 = 50x + 80 60x - 50x = 80 - 40 10x = 40 x = 40/10 x = 4 <=== so at 4 weeks, they will have the same amount of money <== The money they have is : y = 60(4) + 40.....y = $ 280 <=
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