Question

Nicholas wants to buy a new computer that is on sale for $899. His parents will loan him the money if he repays them. He has $234 in his savings account and plans to work as a camp counselor to earn money during the summer. If he earns $35 per day, how many days will Nicholas have to work in order to fully repay his parents?

Answer 1

Answer: He will work for 19 days.

Explanation:

If Nicholas has 234 dollars and the computer he wants to put is 899 dollars, you have to subtract to see how much he has to take the loan from his parents in order to buy the computer.

899 - 234 = 665

He took a loan of 665 dollars from his parents

To figure out how many days he needs to work to pay that amount, you divide the amount he earns each day with the amount of loan he took.

So 665 divided by 35 = 19

He has to work 19 days to pay off the 665 dollar loan he took from his parents.

We can check this answer by multiplying 35 x 19 , which equals to 665.

Hope this helps!