Question

Each week, Tasha saves 60% of the money she earns babysitting and spends the rest. This week she earned $20.00. How much more money did she save than spend this week?​

Answer 1

$4.00 more saved than spent

Explanation:

Given that Tasha saves 60% of her earnings and that she earned $20.00 this week, we need to find the amount she saved and subtract this amount and the amount she earned.

Letting A represent the amount Tasha saves and e represent her earnings, we can find how much she saved using

A(e) = 0.60e

A(20) = 0.60 * 20 = 12

Since she only earned $20.00, we can find the amount she spent by subtracting 12 from 20:

20 - 12 = 8

Finally, we can find how much more she saved than spent this week by subtracting 8 from 12:

12 - 8 = $4.00