Question

JJill begins the summer with $500 in her savings account. Each week, she withdraws $20. Her brother, Sam,starts the summer with $150 in his account. He adds $30 to his account each week. At what week will both Jill and Sam have the same amount in their account.

Answer 1

7th week

Explanation:

Let us represent the number of weeks as x

Jill begins the summer with $500 in her savings account. Each week, she withdraws $20.

$500 - $20× x

500 - 20x

Her brother, Sam,starts the summer with $150 in his account. He adds $30 to his account each week.

$150 + $30 × x

150 + 30x

At what week will both Jill and Sam have the same amount in their account?

We solve this be Equating both Equations together

Jill = Sam

500 - 20x = 150 + 30x

Collect like terms

500 - 150 = 30x + 20x

350 = 50x

Divide both sides by 50

50x/50 = 350/50

x = 7 weeks

Therefore, at the 7 week, Jill and sam would have the same amount in their accounts