Question

Zander and Chloe were comparing the number of texts they send. Zander has already sent 38 texts and says he sends 28 texts per day. Chloe has sent 52 texts already and says she send 26 texts a day. After __ days, Zander and Chloe will have sent the same amount of texts. A. 5 days B. 6 days C. 7 days D. 9 days

Answer 1

(C) 7

Explanation:

We can create an equation here.

We know that Zander has 38 texts. He sends 28 texts per day.

Let us represent x as the number of days.

This can be represented as an expression,
`38+28x`.

Same logic for Chloe.

52 texts already, 26 texts per day:
`52+26x`

If their texts are equal, both expression are equivalent to each other.

`38+28x = 52+26x`

We can simplify this equation to get x on one side of it.

Subtract 38 from both sides:

`28x = 14+26x`

Subtract 26x from both sides:

`2x =14`

Divide both sides by 2:

`x = 7`

So, Chloe and Zander will have sent the same amount of texts after 7 days.

Hope this helped!