Question

Edgar opened a deposit account. In the first month, he made an initial deposit of $3200, and plans to contribute an additional $175 every month. The account does not pay any interest. After how many months will he have a total of $6000?

Answer 1

16 months

Explanation:

let m = number of months

6000 = 3200 + 175m

2800 = 175m

m = 2800/175

m = 16

Answer 2

16 months

Explanation:

First I will subtract how much he has already paid.

6000 - 3200 = 2800.

Now to find how many months it will take to get a total of 2800 dollars we must divide.

`2800 / 175`

= 16

this means that an additional 16 months will be needed to reach the total of 6000 dollars.

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