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Savings Application
Jamal has $120 in savings and is planning to add $30 each week. Patriciana has $500 in savings and is planning to add $10 each week. Their plan is to wait until their savings are equal and then load up their old Volkswagen bus and take a road trip. They figure out that the equation used to determine how many weeks it will take until their savings are equal is $\displaystyle \ {30}{w}+{120}={10}{w}+{500}\$ , where $\displaystyle {w}$ is the number of weeks they have been saving.
How many weeks will Jamal and Patriciana have to continue to save until they both have the same amount in savings and they can go on their road trip? Jamal and Patriciana will have the same amount in savings after weeks

Savings Application

Jamal has $120 in savings and is planning to add $30 each week. Patriciana has $500 in savings and is planning to add $10 each week. Their plan is to wait until their savings are equal and then load up their old Volkswagen bus and take a road trip. They figure out that the equation used to determine how many weeks it will take until their savings are equal is

\displaystyle \ {30}{w}+{120}={10}{w}+{500}\

, where

\displaystyle {w}

is the number of weeks they have been saving.

How many weeks will Jamal and Patriciana have to continue to save until they both have the same amount in savings and they can go on their road trip?

Jamal and Patriciana will have the same amount in savings after weeks

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