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Two towns have accumulated different amounts of snow. Town 1 has 5 inches of snow so far. Town 2 has 6 inches of snow so far. Every hour, 3.5 inches of snow is added in Town 1. Every hour 2.25 inches of snow is added in Town 2. In how many hours will the snowfall be equal?

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evanc7515

Answer:

9 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a fun one, because we just add the respective amounts until we get them to match.

Town 1:

5

8.5

12

15.5

19

22.5

25

28.5

32

Town 2:

6

8.25

10.5

12.75

15

17.25

19.5

21.75

24

25.25

27.5

29.75

32

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