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corinne pumpkin weighs 28 ounces and is growing at a rate of 5 ounces per week ron pumpkin weighs 10 ounces and is growing at a rate 13 ounces per week let t represent time in weeks and w represent weighs in ounces which system of equations can be used to determine when the weights of the two pumpkins wil be equal

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Answer: 2.25 weeks

Step-by-step explanation: So to find this problem we can use the equation 28 + 5x = 10 +13x, so if you do trial and error you can easily get 2.25.

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