Phil weighs 120 pounds and is gaining ten pounds each month. Phil weighs 150 pounds and is gaining 4 pounds each month. How many months, m, will it take for Bill to weigh the same as Phil?

5 months

Step-by-step explanation:

I'm assuming there was a typo and said that Phil weighed both amounts so I'm assuming that the second amount is Bill's weight

We can use LCM for this

So lets make a list for both of them

Phil:120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200

Bill: 150, 154, 158, 162, 166, 170, 174

As you can see here, after 5 months, they will have the same weight.

We can check our work to.

lets do 120+(10*5)=170

and 150+(4*5)=170

I hope this makes sense

if gloria has "carry over" minutes, (that is, any minutes paid for but not used in a month can be applied to her payment for minutes in the next month,) her total usage for the three months is: total minutes = 320 + 243 + 489 = 1052 minutes number of 200 minute blocks = 1052/200 = 5 r52 (that is 5 with a remainder of 52) rounding up the number of 200 minute blocks gives her usage for the three months as 6 blocks. the cost for six blocks is 6 x $25 = $150 she also has 200 - 52 or 148 carry over minutes if gloria pays each month and unused minutes are lost, applying the rounding up procedure to each month gives: first month usage of 320 minutes rounds up to 2 blocks of 200 minutes for a payment of 2 x $25 = $50 second month usage of 243 minutes rounds up to 2 blocks of 200 minutes for a payment of 2 x $25 = $50 third month usage of 489 minutes rounds up to 3 blocks of 200 minutes for a payment of 3 x $25 = $75 total payments for the three months are $50 + $50 + $75 = $175 get the plan with carry over minutes!