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Jeanette and Carlos are participating in a novel-writing challenge. Jeanette has already started her novel and has written 4848 pages so far. She will write an additional 44 pages each week. Carlos is just getting started, and he will write 1010 pages each week.\newlineWhich equation can you use to find ww, the number of weeks it will take for Carlos to write as many pages as Jeanette?\newlineChoices:\newline(A) 48+4w=10w48 + 4w = 10w\newline(B) 48+10w=4w48 + 10w = 4w\newlineHow long will it take for Carlos to have written as many pages as Jeanette?\newline____\_\_\_\_ weeks\newline

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Q. Jeanette and Carlos are participating in a novel-writing challenge. Jeanette has already started her novel and has written 4848 pages so far. She will write an additional 44 pages each week. Carlos is just getting started, and he will write 1010 pages each week.\newlineWhich equation can you use to find ww, the number of weeks it will take for Carlos to write as many pages as Jeanette?\newlineChoices:\newline(A) 48+4w=10w48 + 4w = 10w\newline(B) 48+10w=4w48 + 10w = 4w\newlineHow long will it take for Carlos to have written as many pages as Jeanette?\newline____\_\_\_\_ weeks\newline
  1. Set Equations Equal: Jeanette's total pages after ww weeks: 48+4w48 + 4w. Carlos's total pages after ww weeks: 10w10w. Set equations equal to find when Carlos has written as many pages as Jeanette.
  2. Isolate Terms with ww: Solve for ww. Subtract 4w4w from both sides to isolate terms with ww on one side.
  3. Solve for ww: Divide both sides by 66 to solve for ww.

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