Question

Please Help due tonight really need help It's a grade

Joey gets an allowance of $17 per week. He wants to buy a new basketball that costs $43.67. When will Jose be able to buy the basketball if he has already saved $22.22, but also has to pay $13.45 each week for snacks and school supplies? make an equation or inequality and solve. Show your work

Answer 1

7 weeks

Explanation:

Joey gets 17 per week

`17x` with x the number of weeks

he wants to buy a basketball cap that 43.67

`equation\geq 43.67`

he has already saved 22.22

`+22.22`

has to pay 13.45 each week

`-13.45x`

`17x+22.22-13.45x\geq 43.67\\\\(17x-13.45x)+22.22\geq 43.67\\\\3.55x+22.22\geq 43.67\\\\3.55x\geq 43.67-22.22\\\\3.55x\geq 21.45\\\\x\geq (21.45)/(3.55) \\\\x\geq 6.04...`

but we don't wake a 0.4 of a week so we need the next whole number 7

so it will take 7