SOLUTION: Hello, I am having some trouble on algebra word problems for instance this one: Linda has 22 stamps in her collection and she gets 10 new stamps per week. How long will it take

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Question 358644: Hello, I am having some trouble on algebra word problems for instance this one:
Linda has 22 stamps in her collection and she gets 10 new stamps per week. How long will it take her to accumulate 152 stamps?
I really appreciate it

Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Hi,
Let x be the number of weeks it will take getting 10 new stamps each week
152 - 22 = 130 will be the number of additional stamps we will need to have 152
10x = 130
x = 13 weeks wil be how long it takes to accumulate 130 more stamps
checking our answer
22 + 13*10 = 152
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