Question

Patrick and his brother each start a savings account. Patrick begins with $200

and plans to deposit an additional $25 per month. His brother begins with
$150 and plans to deposit an additional $35 per month. After how many
months will the two brothers have the same amount in their accounts?

Answer 1

Both brothers will have the same amount of money is their saving accounts after six months.

Explanation:

I worked this out by finding out the first 8 months of savings for both brothers:

Patrick: His brother:

200 150

225 185

250 220

275 253

300 290

325 325

375 360

400 395

I then looked across my results to see that at 6 months both brothers had $325.

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