Question

Kia's plant is 8 1/5 inches tall and is growing 2/3 inch each week. Lyric's plant is 10 7/10 inches tall and is growing 1/6 inch each week. Write and solve an equation to find how many weeks it will take for the height of the two plants to be the same.

Equation:

Solution:​

Answer 1

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Explanation:

8.2 + 2/3w = 10.7 + 1/6 w

1/2 w = 2.5

w = 5 weeks