Question

Ronald and Noah have an ice cream cone eating contest. After the first 2 minutes, Ronald has consumed 8 ice cream cones and Noah has consumed only 7. From that point, Ronald eats 3 ice cream cones ench minute while Noah eats 4 ice cream cones per minute. After how many minutes, m, will Noah have eaten more ice cream cones that Ronald?

Answer 1

After 1 minute, Noah will have eaten more ice cream cones than Ronald.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of minutes, m, at which Noah will have eaten more ice cream cones than Ronald, we need to set up an equation based on the information given.

After 2 minutes, Ronald has consumed 8 ice cream cones and Noah has consumed 7 ice cream cones. From that point, Ronald eats 3 ice cream cones per minute and Noah eats 4 ice cream cones per minute.

Let's set up the equation: 8 + 3m = 7 + 4m, where m represents the number of minutes.

Simplifying the equation, we get m = 1. This means that after 1 minute, Noah will have eaten more ice cream cones than Ronald.