Question

melissa has $5000 and adds $20 each week to it. chris has $6820 and spends $50 from it each week. after how many weeks will both melissa and chris have the same amount

Answer 1

It will take approximately 36.4 weeks for Melissa and Chris to have the same amount of money.

Explanation:

To determine how many weeks it will take for Melissa and Chris to have the same amount of money, you can set up an equation based on the information given. Let W be the number of weeks it takes for Melissa and Chris to have the same amount of money.

Melissa's total amount of money after W weeks will be 5000 + 20W.

Chris's total amount of money after W weeks will be 6820 - 50W.

Therefore, you can set up the equation 5000 + 20W = 6820 - 50W and solve for W.

First, you can add 50W to both sides of the equation to get 50W + 5000 = 6820.

Next, you can subtract 5000 from both sides of the equation to get 50W = 1820.

Finally, you can divide both sides of the equation by 50 to get W = 36.4.