I did not have enough room sorry

Question

Band students are tested on, and required to pass, a certain number of scales during the year. As of today, Abe has passed 8 scales, whereas his friend Frank has passed 2 of them. Going forward, Abe has committed to passing 1 scale per week, and Frank has committed to passing 4 per week. At some point soon, the two friends will have passed the same number of scales. How long will that take? How many scales will that be?

Answer 1

w represents the number of weeks

8 + w = 2 + 4w

 

Can you solve for w and answer?