Brian has $88 and he saves $3.50 a week how many more weeks will it take him to get to 200

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Natasha Peters

1 April, 02:14

Brian has $88 and he saves $3.50 a week how many more weeks will it take him to get to 200

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Brooks Cross · Answer 1

32 weeks

Step-by-step explanation:

First you should write an equation for this word problem. Since you know Brian wants to save to $200, the equation will equal 200. Then you figure out how much he has already, which is 88. Right now, the equation we have is 88 + (weekly savings) = 200. He saves 3.50 a week, so the equation will finally look like 88+3.50x=200. X is how many weeks it will take for him to reach 200. We then move everything so that it all equals X. You would move the 88 first which will then give 3.50x=112. Dividing by 3.50 on both sides would give X as 32. SO the number of weeks it will take for Brian to save to $200 is 32 weeks.