Malik earns $9.50 per hour at his job. He deposits everything he earns into his savings account. He currently has $100 in his savings account. Linda earns $7.00 per hour at her job. She deposits everything she earns into her savings account. She currently has $320 in her savings account. Write a system of equations that can be used to determine when Malik and Linda will have an equal amount of money in their accounts after working the same number of hours. How many work hours will it take for Malik and Linda to have an equal amount of money in their accounts? Show your work. Enter your equations, answer, and work in the box below
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Malik earns $9.50 per hour at his job. He deposits everything he earns into his savings account. He currently has $100 in his savings account. Linda earns $7.00 per hour at her job. She deposits everything she earns into her savings account. She currently has $320 in her savings account. Write a system of equations that can be used to determine when Malik and Linda will have an equal amount of money in their accounts after working the same number of hours. How many work hours will it take for Malik and Linda to have an equal amount of money in their accounts? Show your work. Enter your equations, answer, and work in the box below
M =100 + 9.5H
L = 320 + 7H
H = number of hrs worked
M & L are savings of Malik & Linda respectively
for a given H M & L saving would be equal so
100 + 9.5H = 320 + 7H
=> 2.5H = 220
=> H = 220/2.5
=> H = 88 hrs
88 work hours will it take for Malik and Linda to have an equal amount of money in their accounts