Question

4. Jessica is saving money to buy a phone that costs $415. She already has $85 saved. She mows

lawns to make extra money. She charges $15 per lawn that she mows. Let n be the number
of lawns she needs to mow to have enough money saved to buy the phone.
Set up and solve an equation to find the value of n.

Answer 1

15n = 330

Value of n(number of lawns) = 22

Explanation:

She has already saved $85 which means the amount of money she needs left will be

=$415 - $85

= $330

Now n represents the number of lawns she needs to mow. She earns $15 per lawn, so she needs to multiply the cost of each lawn by the number of lawns (n) and equal it to the money she needs. This is how the equation will turn out.

15n = 330

To go further, divide both sides by 15 to get the number of lawns she has to mow.

`(15n)/(15) =(330)/(15)`

n = 22

∴ She needs to mow 22 lawns to get the amount of money she needs.