Two fishermen go ice fishing one morning. By noon, Fisherman Bob has 6 fish and is catching 2 fish per hour. Fisherman Bill has

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Two fishermen go ice fishing one morning. By noon, Fisherman Bob has 6 fish and is catching 2 fish per hour. Fisherman Bill has 4 fish and is catching 3 fish per hour. Assume they will continue catching fish at the same rate.

1. Write a system of equations that relates the time to the total fish caught.
2. Algebraically solve the system of equations. At what time will they have the same number of fish?

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