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URGENT I NEED AN ANSWER!!! A water tank holds 657 gallons but is leaking at a rate of 4 gallons per week. A second water tank holds 876 gallons but is leaking at a rate of 7 gallons per week. After how many weeks will the amount of water in the two tanks be the same?

User George Papatheodorou
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Answer: 73 weeks

Explanation:

Equations

657-4w=876-7w

Solve for w

w=73

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