You want to buy a pet that costs $48. You already have $12 and

you plan to save $9 per week or each week. If w represents the

number of weeks until you have enough money to buy the pet,

what equation could you use to find the number of the weeks or

the value of w?

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Grimes

20 October, 18:21

You want to buy a pet that costs $48. You already have $12 and

you plan to save $9 per week or each week. If w represents the

number of weeks until you have enough money to buy the pet,

what equation could you use to find the number of the weeks or

the value of w?

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Anika Meza · Answer 1

48 = 12 + 9w

36 = 9w

w = 4

Worked out:

you need 48 dollars, you already have 12. so now you need to save 9 per week, which would be 9w. so you would want to add 9w to 12 to get to 48. simplifying and solving for w would be 4 weeks

Skylar · Answer 2

12 + 9w = $48

Step-by-step explanation:

w represents the number of weeks

$48 is the amount you need, $12 + 9w is the money you're putting in

12 + 9w = $48

9w = 36

w = 4

You want to buy a pet that costs $48. You already have $12 andyou plan to save $9 per week or each week. If w represents thenumber of weeks until you have enough money to buy the pet,what equation could you use to find the number of the weeks orthe value of w?

You want to buy a pet that costs $48. You already have $12 and

you plan to save $9 per week or each week. If w represents the

number of weeks until you have enough money to buy the pet,

what equation could you use to find the number of the weeks or

the value of w?