Problema Solution
Hugo and Brody each want to run for president of their school's student body council. In order to do so, they must collect a certain number of signatures and get a nomination. So far, Hugo has 27 signatures, and Brody has 23. Hugo is collecting signatures at an average rate of 10 per day, whereas Brody is averaging 14 signatures every day. Assuming that their rate of collection stays the same, eventually the two will have collected the same number of signatures. How long will that take? How many signatures will they both have?
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Let x represent the number of days that it takes Hugo and Brody to collect same number of signatures
27 + 10x = 23 + 14x
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x = 1 day
Indeed:
27 + 10*1 = 23 + 14*1 = 37
It will take them 1 day.
After 1 day each of them will have 37 signatures.