Question

You already have $75. The monitor costs a total of $400. You save $25 each week. Write an equation using w, to represent the number of weeks that you will have to save in order to purchase the monitor. Use your equation and solve algebraically. Explain your solution.

Answer 1

So if there is 13 weeks you re able to buy the monitor but if it's less than 13 weeks you are broke.(lol)

Explanation:

already have $75

monitor costs a total of $400.

each week 25

400 -75 =325

325 divided by 25 =13

Answer 2

13 weeks

Explanation:

25w + 75 = 400

25w = 400 - 75

25w = 325

25w/25 = 325/25

w = 13

It will take 13 weeks until you can buy the monitor