Question

Howard is saving to buy a mountain bike that costs $245, excluding tax. He already has saved $28. What is the least amount of money Howard must save each week so that at the end of the 9th week, he has enough money to buy the bike. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

Answer 1

He has to save $24 dollars a week in order to have enough by the end of the 9th week. Have a good day!

Answer 2

Solution:

we are given that

Howard is saving to buy a mountain bike that costs $245, excluding tax.

He already has saved $28.

we have been asked to find

Howard must save each week so that at the end of the 9th week.

Money required to save in 9 weeks $=245-28=217 \ dollars$

So Money required to save each week$=\frac{217}{9}= 24.111 \ dollars$

This is the amount that he must save to reach $245, excluding Taxes.

Hence to have enough money, he should save $25 per week, so that he can pay the taxes as well.