Help me please! Lenny has half as many stars in a game as Grace. After a week of Lenny collecting 5 stars a day and Grace collecting 2 stars a day, they now have the same number of stars. Which equation will find g, the number of stars Grace had at the beginning of the week?

A. g+5=1/2g+2
B. 1/2g+5=g+2
C. g+35=1/2g+14
D. 1/2g+35=g+14

Respuesta :

Let Grace have


[tex]g[/tex] number of stars, Then


Lenny will have half as many stars, That is, Lenny will have


[tex]\frac{1}{2}g[/tex]  stars.





If Lenny collects 5 stars a day, then she will collect,


[tex]5 \times 7=35 [/tex] stars in a week.



Lenny will now have a total of


[tex]\frac{1}{2}g + 35 [/tex]  stars.



Similarly,


If Grace collects 2 stars a day, then she will collect,


[tex]2 \times 7=14 [/tex] stars in a week.


Grace will now have a total of


[tex]g + 14 [/tex]  stars.



After this one week Grace and Lenny now have the same number of stars.



[tex]\Rightarrow \frac{1}{2}g + 35=14+g [/tex]