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4m=52 put the equation to an real life problem for someone to solve

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ANSWER and EXPLANATION

We have the equation:

4m = 52

We want to put this in a real life equation.

Let us do that:

Alex wants to save up money for a new shirt. The shirt costs $52.

He wants to save $4 every week.

How many weeks would it take to be able to buy the shirt?

To solve it:

He saves $4 every week, so after m weeks, he would have save:

4 * m = 4m

That must be equal to $52 for him to buy the shirt, so:

4m = 52

Divide both sides by 4:

m = 52 / 4

m = 13 weeks

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