Question

Monica and Michael both want to buy a scooter. Monica has already saved $25 and plans to save $5 per week. Michael has $16 and plans to save $8 per week. In how many weeks will Monica and Michael have saved the same amount of money ?

Answer 1

3 weeks

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of weeks, we have to equate the amount already saved and planned to save by both each week.

So we can write the expression as,

Let w be the number of weeks.

25 + 5w =16 + 8w

Grouping the terms as,

25 - 16 = 8w - 5w

9 = 3w

Dividing both sides by 3, we will get,

3w/3 = 9/3

 w = 3

So number of weeks = 3