SOLUTION: Please help me fill in the blanks: Andrew and Bobby both opened restaurants at the same time. Andrew reported that on the first week after opening his restaurant, he had a profit

Question 1043888: Please help me fill in the blanks:
Andrew and Bobby both opened restaurants at the same time. Andrew reported that on the first week after opening his restaurant, he had a profit of $500, and every week after that, his profit continually increased by 12%. Bobby reported that on the first week after opening his restaurant, he had a profit of $600, and every week after that, his profit continually increased by 8%.
Use the information given above to determine how long Bobby will have a higher profit than Andrew.
The first week Andrew will have a higher profit than Bobby will occur ___ weeks after he opens his restaurant.
The first week when Andrew's profit is higher than Bobby's, Bobby starts an advertising campaign that makes his weekly profit begin to increase by 15%. Taking this change into account, what will Bobby's weekly profit be 14 weeks after opening his restaurant? ___''.
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This question has already been answered twice before. See questions 1042340 and 1043740.

John

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