Question

Randall is saving money to buy a bicycle. He has 37.80 in his savings account and saves 20% of his paper route earnings each week after 10 weeks, he has 87.80 in his savings account. How much does Randall earn each week from his paper route.

Answer 1

$25

Explanation:

Let's first subtract the savings account

87.80 - 37.80 = $50

Which means after 10 weeks, she saves $50

$50/10weeks = $5/1 week

Now they save 20% of the route. Which means $5 is 20% of the route.

To get to 100% we multiply 20% by 5.

That means we multiply the $5 by 5 also, giving us $25.