Question

An and shen opened a savings account and opened her account with the starting amount of 160 and she plans to put $50 in per month sheen opens his account with no starting money and he's going to put $90 in per month write an equation to show when the two accounts have the same amount of money

Answer 1

Let's assume that the number of months since the accounts were opened is represented by the variable "t".

For An's savings account, the equation can be written as:

Amount in An's account = Starting amount + (Amount deposited per month * Number of months)
Amount in An's account = 160 + (50 * t)

For Shen's savings account, the equation can be written as:

Amount in Shen's account = Starting amount + (Amount deposited per month * Number of months)
Amount in Shen's account = 0 + (90 * t)

To find when the two accounts have the same amount of money, we can set these two equations equal to each other:

160 + (50 * t) = 0 + (90 * t)

Simplifying the equation will give the solution.