Question

Roberto got $30 for his birthday he decided to save that amount and add $5 to his savings each week Jack starts saving the same day as Roberto and puts $8 in his savings each week after how many weeks will the boys have the same amount in savings?

Answer 1

After 10 weeks they will both have the same amount of $80

Explanation:

To work this out you would need to keep adding to 30 every week until it reaches the same Amount as $8 a week.

for jack it would be because

`8 * 10 = 80`

for Roberto it would be

`35 + 9(5) = 80`