Question

System of equations - urgent please help ben is making a new Twitter account and has 72 followers on his first day. He averages 10 new followers each week after that. Sarah also started a Twitter account and has 100 followers on her first day and averages 3 new followers each week. After how many weeks will they have the same number of followers?

Answer 1

4 weeks

Explanation:

Step one:

ben has 72 followers on his first day.

He averages 10 new followers each week

let the number of weeks be x

and the total followers be y

y= 72+10x--------1

Sarah also started a Twitter account and

has 100 followers on her first day and averages

3 new followers each week

let the number of weeks be x

and the total followers be y

y= 100+3x--------2

Step two:

let us equate the two expression to get the number of weeks x

72+10x=100+3x

collect like terms

10x-3x=100-72

7x=28

divide both sides by 7

x=28/7

x= 4 weeks