Two students in the same Spanish class, Alec and Billy, plan to get together after school to make vocabulary flashcards. Alec started on the project yesterday and has already made 8 flashcards. Billy hasn't started yet. Since Alec makes 5 flashcards per minute and Billy makes 9 flashcards per minute, Billy will soon have the same number of flashcards. How long will that take? How many flashcards will each student have at that point?

In ___minutes, each student will have ___ flashcards