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Joe and his friend Fred collect coins. Joe has 50 coins and gets 5 new coins a month, while Fred has 76 coins but only gets 2 new coins a month. After how many months will the same number They Have of
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Joe and his friend Fred collect coins. Joe has 50 coins and gets 5 new coins a month, while Fred has 76 coins but only gets 2 new coins a month. After how many months will the same number They Have of coins? (Only the setup equation)

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Joe starts with 50 coins.
And Fred starts with 76 coins.

And Joe gets 5 new coins each month.
But Fred only gets 2 new coins each month.

Equation:

50 + 5x = 76 + 2x
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