Question

Thomas and Lucas are raking leaves. Thomas has 300 leaves in his pile, and Lucas has 250 leaves in his. The wind begins to blow and it blows 20 leaves per minute from Thomas’s pile into Lucas’s pile. Write an equation that shows how much time ( t) it will take for their piles to have the same amount of leaves.

ONLY WRITE THE EQUATION

Answer 1

• 300 - 20t = 250 + 20t

Explanation:

Thomas has 300 leaves and after (t) minutes will have:

• 300 - 20t leaves

Lucas has 250 leaves and after (t) minutes will have:

• 250 + 20t leaves

Required equation is:

• 300 - 20t = 250 + 20t