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Joshua wants to buy a flat-screen TV that costs $625. He saves $62.50 each week to buy the TV. In how many weeks will he have enough money to make his purchase?891011

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62.50 per week would be represented as 62.50x, where x is the number of weeks, our unknown. He wants to save 625, so our equation to figure out the number of weeks it would take is 62.50x = 625. Divide 625 by 62.50 to get that the number of weeks is 10
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