Question

Tamara earns $2,050 each month.

She spends $1,315 of the amount she earns. The rest of the money is deposited to her savings account.

How many months until Tamara has deposited more than $2,500 in her savings account?

Answer 1

2050-1315=735

x=per month

2050x-735=2500
735 735
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2050x=3235
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2050 2050

x=2

she need deposited $2050 in her account for 2 moth to have more than $2500

Answer 2

3 months
$2,050-$1,315=735
repeat this two more times and add all three 735 together to get 2,905
making your answer 3 months