document.write( "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?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #689516 by josgarithmetic(39617) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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x, how many weeks\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Abe
\n" ); document.write( "x+8\r
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\n" ); document.write( "4x+2\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%2B8=4x%2B2\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"3x=6\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=2\"$ --------two weeks\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "They each will pass 10 scales. \n" ); document.write( "

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