Franklin deposited $75 in a no-interest bank account when he opened it. After that, he deposits $50 per month in the account. As
sume he makes no other withdrawals or deposits. The equation below can be used to find m , the number of months it will take him to save a total of $175. 75 + ?m = 175
What number should he use as the coefficient of m?
50
75
125
175
if ac is a and bc is b, then ab can be c. now we use Pythagorean method. 16 squared is 156 and 12 squared is 144. added together they are 400. 400 to the square root is 20. Your answer is 20
The correct answer is actually around 21%. Are you sure the question wasn't asking what the approximate percent decrease from 85 to 70 was? Because in that case it would be around 17%.
