Natalia is Saving money to buy a hockey stick that costs $147. Natalia has $27 and will save $12 each week. How many weeks will it take natalia to save enough money to buy the hockey stick?

Respuesta :

Answer: 10 weeks

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer:

10 weeks

Step-by-step explanation:

Initial Equation. The x represents the number of weeks, and since she is making 12 each week, we would times that by x. We are looking for x=?

[tex]27 + 12x = 147[/tex]

Initial amount is 27, so we need to find how much more money she will need to make, subtract 27

[tex]12x = 120[/tex]

Now we need to get rid of the 12 by dividing. This will give us the number of weeks it will take to get $12 into $120. (All fractions are division problems)

[tex]\frac{12x}{12} = \frac{120}{12}[/tex]

This leaves us with our answer

[tex]x = 10[/tex]