Question

Herky is putting money into a savings account on a weekly basis to buy a DVD player that costs $179.40 including tax. He asks Mario how much he should save per week to buy the player in 8 weeks if he already has $35.00 saved. Mario gives him the answer and explains how he found the answer. What does Mario say?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The DVD player costs $179.40 including tax.
Herky wants to buy this DVD player in 8 weeks. So, he should save for it. Mario explains Herky what to do.
Mario says: You have already $35.00 saved, which means you have ($179.40-$35.00)=$144.4 left to save.
The period is 8 weeks. In order to get the amount of money you want to save in one week, we should divide the total amount of $144.4 with 8, which gives: $144.4/8= $18.05. So , every week you should save $18.05.