Two athletes Or training over a two week period to increase the number of push-ups each can do consecutively . Athlete a can do 16 push-ups to start and increase his total by each to each day. Athlete b can do 12 push-ups to start an increase he's so tall by three each day. Compare the initial values for each what does the initial value mean in the situation

Initial values of Athlete a and b is 16 and 12 respectively. That means, Athlete a start with more push-ups as compared to athlete b

Step-by-step explanation:

Athlete a perform 16 push-ups  to start and increase 1 push-up each day for 14 days

⇒ number of push-ups at the end of x days is for Athlete A is

n = number of push-ups for athlete A= 16 + x

Athlete b perform 12 push-ups  to start and increase 3 push-up each day for 14 days

⇒ number of push-ups at the end of x days is for Athlete B is

m = number of push-ups for athlete B = 12 + 3x

where x is the number of days

thus, total number of athletes at the end of 14 day is

n = 16+14 = 30 push-ups for athlete A and m = 12 + 42 = 54 push-ups for athlete B at the end of 14th day

Now similarly for the initial day x = 0

thus, total number of athletes at the starting of 1st day is

n = 16+0 = 16 push-ups for athlete A and m = 12+0 =12 push-ups for athlete B at the starting of 1st day.

That means, Athlete a start with more push-ups as compared to athlete b, But at the end of 14th day Athlete b do more push-ups then athlete a

true? is that what you're asking or do you mean something else?