document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1155263>Question 1155263</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> james has 30cents and Tom has $1.86 . If James saves 5 cents a day and Tom spends 7 cents a day ,after how many days will they have equal amounts? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #777833 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=777833\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x = number of days.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "j = number of cents that james had.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = number of cents that tom has.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "formula for james is j = 30 + 5x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "formula for tom is t = 186 - 7x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "everything is in cents.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "they will have equal amounts when j = t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "when j = t, 30 + 5x = 186 - 7x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "your formula to solve is 30 + 5x = 186 - 7x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtract 30 from both sides of this equation and add 7x to both sides of this equation to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x + 7x = 186 - 30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "combine like terms to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12x = 156<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide both sides of this equation to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 156 / 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for x to get x = 13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "they will have the same amount of money in 13 days.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that should be your answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you could have also done the same problem dealing with dollars rather than cents.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in that case:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "formula for james is j = .3 + .05x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "formula for tom is t = 1.86 - .07x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "they will have the same amounts when j = t.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in that case, .3 + .05x = 1.86 - .07x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtract .3 from both sides of this equation and add .07x to both sides of this equation to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".05x + .07x = 1.86 - .3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "combine like terms to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".12x = 1.56<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide both sides of this equation by .12 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 1.56 / .12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for x to get x = 13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "same solution, just dealing with dollars rather than cents.<BR>\n" );
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