Question

Arleen has a gift card for a local lawn and garden store. She uses the gift card to rent a tiller for 3 days. It costs $48 per day to rent the tiller. She also buys a rake for $5. Part 1 out of 2 Find the change to the value of her gift card. The value on her gift card decreased by dollars.

Answer 1

Given :

Arleen has a gift card for a local lawn and garden store. She uses the gift card to . It costs $48 per day to rent the tiller. She also buys a rake for $5.

To Find :

The value on her gift card decreased by how many dollars.

Solution :

Decrease in dollar is given by :

$D =\text{ rent a tiller for 3 days+ price of rake}\\\\D= \ ( 48\times 3 + 5)\\\\D = \ 149$

Therefore, the value on her gift card decreased by 149 dollars.

Hence, this is the required solution.