January Jennifer begin Collecting 4 postage stamps per month in April her friend Allison started collecting six stamps per month what month will Jennifer and Alison have a number of stamps
We can also solve this with an equation.
Let x be the number of months that Jennifer has been collcting stamps and (x -3) the number of months that Allison has been colllecting stamps.
So......
4x = 6(x-3)
4x = 6x - 18 add 18 to both sides and subtract 4x from both sides
2x = 18 divide both sides by 2
x = 9
And 9 months after January is September........as Anonymous has said.....
January Jennifer begin Collecting 4 postage stamps per month in April her friend Allison started collecting six stamps per month what month will Jennifer and Alison have a number of stamps
January February March April May June July August September October November December
Jennifer 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 48
Allison 6 12 18 24 30 36
Answer- September
We can also solve this with an equation.
Let x be the number of months that Jennifer has been collcting stamps and (x -3) the number of months that Allison has been colllecting stamps.
So......
4x = 6(x-3)
4x = 6x - 18 add 18 to both sides and subtract 4x from both sides
2x = 18 divide both sides by 2
x = 9
And 9 months after January is September........as Anonymous has said.....