Question

Xian and his cousin both collect stamps. Xian has 60 stamps, and Kai has 68 stamps. The boys recently joined different stamp-collecting clubs. Xian’s club will send him 16 new stamps per month. Kai’s club will send him 12 new stamps per month. After how many months will Xian and Kai have the same number of stamps? How many stamps will each have?

Answer 1

After 2 months

92 stamps each

Explanation:

difference at first is that kai has 8 more stamps

xians new club gives 4 more each month than kai's

8÷4=2

60+32=92

68+24=92

Answer 2

152 stamps

Explanation: