Question

Ms. Masi is going to be paid $11.25 per day to look after Ms. Simms’ dog. She wants to save all of her earnings, but she owes her brother $72. After the first day of dogsitting, Ms. Masi uses her earnings to pay part of her debt to her brother. After the second day, she uses her earnings to pay more of her debt. Ms. Masi plans to save every dollar of her dog sitting money as soon as she has paid her brother in full.

How many days will it take for Ms. Masi to pay her brother in full? Explain.

Answer 1

7 days

Explanation:

So! Ms. Masi earns $11.25 everyday, and is paying her brother back everyday. Let's make an equation to solve for the number of days!

11.25d = 72 (d = # of days)

Now, we have to solve this equation to see how many days (d) it will take Ms. Masi to pay her brother back.

11.25d = 72

÷11.25 ÷11.25 (Divide by "11.25" to get the variable by itself)

d = 6.4

Since, she only gets 1 pay per day, Ms. Masi will have to wait til her 7th day to pay her brother back.

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