Suppose you have $28.00 in your bank account and start saving $18.25 every week. Your friend has $16 | MathCelebrity Forum

Suppose you have $28.00 in your bank account and start saving $18.25 every week. Your friend has $16

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Suppose you have $28.00 in your bank account and start saving $18.25 every week. Your friend has $161.00 in his account and is withdrawing $15 every week. When will your account balances be the same?

Set up savings and withdrawal equations where w is the number of weeks. B(w) is the current balance
  • You --> B(w) = 18.25w + 28
  • Your friend --> B(w) = 161 - 15w
Set them equal to each other
18.25w + 28 = 161 - 15w

Type that problem into the search engine, and you get w = 4.
 
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