Question

Your school is donating items to the local food pantry. Your homeroom is

having a competition to see who will donate the most items. You have
already donated 14 items and plan to donate 3 more each week. Your
friend has already collected 8 items and plans to collect 5 more items
each week. How many weeks will it take for both of you to have collected
the same amount? How much will each of you have collected at that
time? *

Answer 1

It will take 3 weeks for both of us to have collected the same amount. Each of us will have collected 23 items at that time.

Explanation:

Let x=weeks

Me: y=14+3x

Friend: y=8+5x

14+3x=8+5x

14=8+2x

6=2x

3=x

y=14+3(3)=23