Two tailors, Janet and Samantha, sit down to do some embroidery. Janet can embroider 2 shirts per hour, and Samantha can get through 3 shirts per hour. In addition, the tailors had previously finished some shirts. Janet has already completed 15 shirts, and Samantha has completed 10 shirts. Janet and Samantha decide to take a break when they have finished the same total number of shirts. How many shirts, in total, will each tailor have finished?Write a system of equations, graph them, and type the solution.
Q. Two tailors, Janet and Samantha, sit down to do some embroidery. Janet can embroider 2 shirts per hour, and Samantha can get through 3 shirts per hour. In addition, the tailors had previously finished some shirts. Janet has already completed 15 shirts, and Samantha has completed 10 shirts. Janet and Samantha decide to take a break when they have finished the same total number of shirts. How many shirts, in total, will each tailor have finished?Write a system of equations, graph them, and type the solution.
Janet's rate and progress: Janet's rate is 2 shirts per hour, and she has already completed 15 shirts.
Samantha's rate and progress: Samantha's rate is 3 shirts per hour, and she has already completed 10 shirts.
Representation of hours worked: Let x represent the number of hours they both work before taking a break.
Total shirts completed by Janet: The total number of shirts Janet will have finished is 15+2x.
Total shirts completed by Samantha: The total number of shirts Samantha will have finished is 10+3x.
Setting up equation for equal total shirts: They take a break when they have finished the same total number of shirts, so we set the two expressions equal to each other: 15+2x=10+3x.
Solving for x: Subtract 2x from both sides to get: 15=10+x.
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