Question

Victor is saving for a used car that costs $8,000. He plans to save $500 every month. Calculate how long it would take him to save to buy the car?

Answer 1

18 months

Explanation:

8000 divided by 500 = 18

Answer 2

Answer: It will take Victor 16 months.

Explanation:

He is saving for a used care which coast $8000 and saving $500 per month and we can represent that by the equation 500x = 8000 where x is the number of months.

500x = 8000 solve for x by dividing both sides by 500

x = 16