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John needs a total of $100 to buy a birthday present for his friend. He has already saved $35. If he saves $10 a week from his earnings what is the least number of weeks he must work to have enough money to buy the present?

John needs a total of $100 to buy a birthday present for his friend. He has already-example-1
User Jeets
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Answer:5

Explanation:

10x7=70

35+70=105

User Sreekiran A R
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Answer: D) 7

Explanation:

First put this into an equation as shown

f(x)=10x

The 10 is for the money he makes and the x is the amount of weeks

then take the 35 dollars he already saved and put it into an equation as shown

35+f(7)

the f(7) is just another way to say y=10(7) (f(x) is just y but fancy lol)

7 is the number of weeks he can work to get 105. It can't be 6 because that would be 95 dollars and it can technically be 8 but the question ask for the least number of weeks.

Hope that helped. It may have been a bit complicated.

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