2017 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 1
Problem 1
Kymbrea's comic book collection currently has 
comic books in it, and she is adding to her collection at the rate of 
comic books per month. LaShawn's collection currently has 
comic books in it, and he is adding to his collection at the rate of 
comic books per month. After how many months will LaShawn's collection have twice as many comic books as Kymbrea's?
Solution
Kymbrea has comic books initially and every month, she adds two. This can be represented as 
where x is the number of months elapsed. LaShawn's collection, similarly, is 
. To find when they will have an equal amount, we solve x for 
and get 
.
See Also
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