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Sal currently has $100 in a savings account and is saving $20 per week, while his brother Bill has $400 in

his account but is spending $10 a week. After how many weeks will they have the same amount of money in
their accounts? How much money will they each have?

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Sal's Equation:
Bill's Equation:

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#of weeks:
Amount of money

User DannyFeliz
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Answer: 10 weeks

Explanation:

20x10=200 +100= 300

AND

10x10=100 and 400-100= 300

User Mhaseeb
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