SOLUTION: I have a word problem asking if two people are at a certain weight and one gains and the other looses, at what week will they be the same weight. How do you put that into an equat

SOLUTION: I have a word problem asking if two people are at a certain weight and one gains and the other looses, at what week will they be the same weight. How do you put that into an equat

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Question 248382: I have a word problem asking if two people are at a certain weight and one gains and the other looses, at what week will they be the same weight. How do you put that into an equation?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
X-W=Y+W
WHERE X=THE GREATER WEIGHT, Y=THE LESSER WEIGHT & W IS THE WEIGHT CHANGE.
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