SOLUTION: Mary has 200 knitted squares. Sue has 5000 knitted squares. Mary makes 20 knitted squares per hour. Sue makes 15 knitted squares per hour. Mary and Sue will start working (and

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Question 204818: Mary has 200 knitted squares. Sue has 5000 knitted squares. Mary makes 20 knitted squares per hour. Sue makes 15 knitted squares per hour. Mary and Sue will start working (and continue to work every hour) to add to their knitted square collections on the same day at the same hour.
After the first hour, how many knitted squares will Mary have; how many knitted squares will Sue have? After the 2nd hour, 3rd hour?
How many hours must they work until they both have the same amount of knitted squares?
On the day they have the same amount of knitted squares, how many squares will they each have?
Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source):
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Set up equations that model the two Ladies kniited square production

Using those two equations, you can solve all of the questions.
After the first hour, how many knitted squares will Mary have; how many knitted squares will Sue have? After the 2nd hour, 3rd hour?
Just plug in the given values for h and solve. For instance, after 1 hour, h=1. so

Do the same for the other listed values for h

How many hours must they work until they both have the same amount of knitted squares?
To do this one, set the two equations equal to each other and solve

So

On the day they have the same amount of knitted squares, how many squares will they each have?
Use h=960 and solve. The number should be the same for both Mary and Sue