SOLUTION: sara and jim both decided to save some money each week. sara has already saved 4100, and she plans to save $10 a week. jim plans to save $15 a week. in how many weeks will jim and

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Question 515724: sara and jim both decided to save some money each week. sara has already saved 4100, and she plans to save $10 a week. jim plans to save $15 a week. in how many weeks will jim and sara have saved the same amount?
Answer by Maths68(1474) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let it takes x weeks to equalize their savings.
15*x=4100+10*x
15x=4100+10x
15x-10x=4100
5x=4100
5x/5=4100/5
x=820
After 820 weeks or 205 months or 17 years, one month and one week !!!!!