Question

Two athletes Or training over a two week period to increase the number of push-ups each can do consecutively . Athlete a can do 16 push-ups to start and increase his total by each to each day. Athlete b can do 12 push-ups to start an increase he's so tall by three each day. Compare the initial values for each what does the initial value mean in the situation

Answer 1

Answer: The initial value for Athlete A is greater.

Pay attention for the keyword initial value.

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Answer 2

Initial values of Athlete a and b is 16 and 12 respectively. That means, Athlete a start with more push-ups as compared to athlete b

Explanation:

Athlete a perform 16 push-ups to start and increase 1 push-up each day for 14 days

⇒ number of push-ups at the end of x days is for Athlete A is

n = number of push-ups for athlete A= 16 + x

Athlete b perform 12 push-ups to start and increase 3 push-up each day for 14 days

⇒ number of push-ups at the end of x days is for Athlete B is

m = number of push-ups for athlete B = 12 + 3x

where x is the number of days

thus, total number of athletes at the end of 14 day is

n = 16+14 = 30 push-ups for athlete A and m = 12 + 42 = 54 push-ups for athlete B at the end of 14th day

Now similarly for the initial day x = 0

thus, total number of athletes at the starting of 1st day is

n = 16+0 = 16 push-ups for athlete A and m = 12+0 =12 push-ups for athlete B at the starting of 1st day.

That means, Athlete a start with more push-ups as compared to athlete b, But at the end of 14th day Athlete b do more push-ups then athlete a