Question

Sal wants to save a minimum of $1200 over the summer by saving $125/wk. He has saved $230 so far.

About how many weeks will it take Sal to save enough money?


A.
at least 12 wk

B.
at most 12 wk

C.
at least 8 wk

D.
at most 8 wk

Answer 1

If you would like to know the number of weeks to save enough money, you can calculate this using the following steps:

$1200 - $230 = $970

$970 / $125 = 7.76 weeks = 8 weeks

The correct result would be C. at least 8 weeks.