Question

john must saves at least 25.50 to buy a hat. if he saves 80 cents per day, how many days will it take him to save enough?

Answer 1

32 days

Explanation:

25.50 / (.80 /day)= 31.875 days <=== so after 32 days he will have enough

Answer 2

represent the days as a variable

days= x

remeber that 80c is the same as $0.80

write an equation that models this situation

`0.80x>25.50`

solve the equation for x

`\begin{gathered} \text{0}.80x=25.50 \\ x>(25.50)/(0.80) \\ x>31.875 \end{gathered}`

according to this, after 31.875 days he will have enoght for the hat