Question

6. Mark has $1000 in a savings account and withdraws $55 per week. Patricia has $800 in savings and

withdraws $30 each week. Mark wants to know how many weeks it will take for him and Patricia to have the
same amount of money in their savings accounts.

Answer 1

Hey there! I'm happy to help!

Let's call the number of weeks w. Since we want their balances, to be equal, we can create an equation.

1000-55w=800-30w

Now we solve for w. We add 30w to both sides.

1000-25w=800

Subtract 1000 from both sides.

-25w=-200

Divide both sides by -25.

w=8

Therefore, Mark and Patricia will have the same amount of money in their savings accounts after 8 weeks.

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