Question

Susan begins counting backwards from 1298 by 4's, saying one number every 5 seconds. At the same time, Jim begins counting forward from 171 by 3's, saying one number every 10 seconds. What number will they both say at the same time?

Answer 1

\(S(t) = 1298-8t,\)
\(J(t) = 171+3t.\)
Solve \(S(t) = J(t)\), and plug the solution as \(t\) in \(S(t)\) or \(J(t)\) and it will be an answer.

Answer 2

^ Have you done that yet? @SwiftRainHawk
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Answer 3

@klimenkov

typo there S(t) = 1298 - 4t

Answer 4

\[\bf\huge\color{#ff000}{W}\color{#ff2000}{e}\color{#ff4000}{l}\color{#ff5f00}{c}\color{#ff7f00}{o}\color{#ffaa00}{m}\color{#ffd400}{e}~\color{#bfff00}{t}\color{#80ff00}{o}~\color{#00ff00}{O}\color{#00ff40}{p}\color{#00ff80}{e}\color{#00ffbf}{n}\color{#00ffff}{S}\color{#00aaff}{t}\color{#0055ff}{u}\color{#0000ff}{d}\color{#2300ff}{y}\color{#4600ff}{!}\color{#6800ff}{!}\color{#8b00ff}{!}\] @SwiftRainHawk

Answer 5

\(\bf\huge\color{#ff0000}{W}\color{#ff2000}{e}\color{#ff4000}{l}\color{#ff5f00}{c}\color{#ff7f00}{o}\color{#ffaa00}{m}\color{#ffd400}{e}~\color{#bfff00}{t}\color{#80ff00}{o}~\color{#00ff00}{O}\color{#00ff40}{p}\color{#00ff80}{e}\color{#00ffbf}{n}\color{#00ffff}{S}\color{#00aaff}{t}\color{#0055ff}{u}\color{#0000ff}{d}\color{#2300ff}{y}\color{#4600ff}{!}\color{#6800ff}{!}\color{#8b00ff}{!}\)

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Hmm. That looks awfully similar to the \(\LaTeX\) that I made....

Answer 6

More like exactly the same minus one color.. :P lol

Answer 7

lol @TheSmartOne :p