Question

Juan and alex are both saving money for college. juan saves $150 per month and currently has $2000 in the bank. alex saves $250 per month and has only $1000 in the bank. not counting the interest they will earn, how many months will it take until both boys have saved the same amount of money? •let m represent the # of months it takes juan and alex to save the same amount of money •let a represent the amount of money they will have after m months.

a.write an equation for the amount of money juan will have after m months.
b.write an equation for the amount of money alex will have after m months.
c.solve the two equations to determine the number on months it will take them to save the same amount of money. your solution will be (m,
a.

Answer 1

answer- 10 months. work shown below----

juan equation......A=150m+2000
alex equation.......A=250m+1000

i plugged in the months 1 through 10 and got the answer 10 months. for both equations (as you can see below) plugging in 10 for m gets juan and alex both are at $3500.

Juan equation......A=150m+2000-------->A=150(10)+2000=3500
alex equation.......A=250m+1000------->A=250(10)+1000=3500

(someone posted the same question and i answered it with the same response)