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18 days (0.6 months)

a) How long both snakes will have the same length?

b)

5.23 +1.27m = 4.76 +2.04m

5.23 -4.76 = 2.04m -1.27m

0.47 -0.77m=0

1) Gathering the data, and describing that growth as functions:

Anaconda

G(m) = 5.23 + 1.27m Growth per month

Python

H(m) = 4.76 + 2.04m

To find how many months does that zookeeper needs to wait for those to be the same length, we must equate both functions:

5.23 +1.27m = 4.76 +2.04m

5.23 -4.76 = 2.04m -1.27m

0.47 =0.77m

0.47/0.77 = 0.77m/0.77

0.61 =m

m approximately 18 days.

So 0.61 month or we can find that in days, approximately:

1 month ------30 days

0.61 --------- x

x =18.3 days approximately 18 days.

a) We can write the following statement:

How long both snakes will have the same length?

b) To find that general form we can write the following:

5.23 +1.27m = 4.76 +2.04m

5.23 -4.76 = 2.04m -1.27m

0.47 -0.77m=0

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