Will give medal and fan who ever answers first. Demarcus has $30 and Liu has $14. Demarcus is saving $4 per day and Liu is saving $6 per day. After how many days will Demarcus and Liu have the same amount of money?

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anonymous · Answer

From that information we can form two equations. One for Demarcus's money: 30+4x and one for Liu's money: 14+6x. To solve the problem set the equations equal to each other and solve for x.

anonymous · Answer

Not sure what you mean by that.

anonymous · Answer

Set the equations equal to each other so 14+6x=30+4x and solve for x.

anonymous · Answer

X=8?

anonymous · Answer

Yep. They will have the same amount of money in eight days.

anonymous · Answer

Thank you very much!

anonymous · Answer

No problem.