Melinda earns $48 for every 3 lawns she mows in her neighborhood. She wants to buy a skateboard that costs $208. How many lawns will Melinda have to mow to be able to buy the skateboard?

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Elena Barajas

4 March, 08:13

Melinda earns $48 for every 3 lawns she mows in her neighborhood. She wants to buy a skateboard that costs $208. How many lawns will Melinda have to mow to be able to buy the skateboard?

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Valerie · Answer 1

13 lawns.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many lawns Melinda has to mow, we need to find out how much money she earns per lawn. If we do 48/3, we get that for every lawn she mows, she earns 16 dollars. We then do 208/16 and we get that she has mow 13 lawns.