SOLUTION: Band students are tested on, and required to pass, a certain number of scales during the year. As of today, Abe has passed 8 scales, whereas his friend Frank has passed 2 of them.

Question 1074852: Band students are tested on, and required to pass, a certain number of scales during the year. As of today, Abe has passed 8 scales, whereas his friend Frank has passed 2 of them. Going forward, Abe has committed to passing 1 scale per week, and Frank has committed to passing 4 per week. At some point soon, the two friends will have passed the same number of scales. How long will that take? How many scales will that be?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, how many weeks

Abe
x+8

Frank
4x+2

--------two weeks

They each will pass 10 scales.
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