Tom has a collection 21 CDs and Nita has a collection of 14 CDs. Tom is adding 3 cds a month to his

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    Tom has a collection 21 CDs and Nita has a collection of 14 CDs. Tom is adding 3 cds a month to his collection while Nita is adding 4 CDs a month to her collection. Find the number of months after which they will have the same number of CDs?

    Set up growth equations for the CDs where c = number of cds after m months
    Tom: c = 21 + 3m
    Nita: c = 14 + 4m

    Set the c equations equal to each other
    21 + 3m = 14 + 4m

    Using our equation calculator, we get m = 7
     

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