Question

Mr. Leto plans to save money to buy a carpet. If he saves $50 each week for 30 weeks, he will have saved the exact amount of money needed to buy the carpet. If Mr. Leto instead saves $75 each week, how many weeks will it take him to save the same amount of money?

Answer 1

Number of new weeks = 20 week

Explanation:

Total money saves = $50 x 30

Total money saves = $1,500

Find:

Number of new week

Computation:

Total money saves = Number of money save per week x Number of new weeks

1,500 = 75 x Number of new weeks

Number of new weeks = 20 week