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Grade 5HardThe Coordinate Plane

The Coordinate Plane · Hard problem

Nora and Ben each save money every week. Nora plots her savings as points (week, dollars): (0,12)(0, 12), (1,17)(1, 17), (2,22)(2, 22), and so on. Ben's points are (0,40)(0, 40), (1,43)(1, 43), (2,46)(2, 46), and so on. Both keep saving at the same rate. In which week will their points have the same yy-coordinate?