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Every time Jacob mows his neighbor's lawn he gets 20 dollars. He has 70 dollars in his bank account and needs 190 dollars to buy a used video game console. Set up an equation, then solve it, to determine how many times he needs to mow his neighbor's lawn to have enough money to purchase the game console

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Answer:

The answer is: He needs to mow the lawn 6 times

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Answer:

6 times.

Explanation:

Subtract 70 from 190 to get the amount of money he needs. You should get $120. 120 dollars/20 dollars per mowing job gives you 6. He needs to mow 6 times.

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