Question

Floyd weigh 160 pounds and is gaining 5 pounds per month. John weighs 140 pounds

and is gaining 10 pounds per month. How many months will it take for Floyd and John to
weigh the same amount?

Answer 1

It will take 4 months

Answer 2

The answer is 24 months. You can solve this by creating an equation where John and Floyd’s weight will be equal to one another. In order to do that, x will represent the amount of months. Therefore, the equation would be 160+5x=140+10x. You then solve algebraically and should get 24 months!