Question

Marina babysits her neighbors' kids once a week and earns $40 each night. She loves coffee so she treats herself three times a week by buying a $5 latte at her favorite coffee shop. Marina wants to buy a new laptop for herself which will cost $800 and has already saved $200. If she continues her spending habits, how many months will it take Marina to save enough money to buy the laptop?

Answer 1

24weeks

Explanation:

So if she spends 5$ three times a week she spends 15$ a week

She babysits once a week for 40$

That means that she saves 25$ from babystitting each week

As she already has saved 200$, she only lacks 600$ for the purchase

600$ / (25$/week) = 24 weeks

If she stops buying coffee it will instead only take her 15 weeks to buy a new laptop