Question

For his birthday, Kyle received forty dollars from his aunt every day. After he received a dollar and 25 cents to put into his savings, how many days will Kyle have saved 100 dollars? Write the equation.

Answer 1

Kyle will have saved $100 after 3 days, as he saves $41.25 each day from his aunt's gift and his own contribution.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many days Kyle will have saved $100, given he receives $40 from his aunt every day and adds $1.25 to his savings, we can set up a simple equation. Each day, Kyle's total savings increase by $41.25 ($40 from his aunt and $1.25 he adds). We want to find out after how many days (d) his total savings will reach $100. The equation will be:

41.25d = 100

To solve for d, we divide both sides of the equation by 41.25:

d = 100 / 41.25

d ≈ 2.42

Since Kyle cannot save for a fraction of a day, we round up to the nearest whole number, so Kyle will have saved $100 after 3 days.