Question

If a town has 4 inches of snow and gets another 3 inches every hour and a nearby town has one inch of snow and gets 5 more every hour how many hours will the snowfall be equal if it continues at that given rate

Please help and write as an equation and solve

Answer 1

1 hour 30 minutes with 23

Answer 2

1 hour and 30 minutes

Explanation:

First you need to create an equation in this case its 4+3x=1+5x

which is basically town 1 = town 2

then subtract 3x from both sides leaving you with the equation 4=1+2x

then subtract 1 and you end up with 3=2x divide by 2 and you get 1.5=x which is 1 hour and 30 minutes