Parker wants to buy premium headphones that cost $199. He earns $50 per week mowing lawns. If he saves $20.50 per week from his earnings, how many weeks will it take for him to save enough money to buy the headphones?

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Sherlyn Mack

4 September, 08:57

Parker wants to buy premium headphones that cost $199. He earns $50 per week mowing lawns. If he saves $20.50 per week from his earnings, how many weeks will it take for him to save enough money to buy the headphones?

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Harrell · Answer 1

Let in 'n' weeks, Parker will save enough money,

20.5*n=199

n=199/20.5

n=9.70731 ...

i. e, in 9 weeks and 5 days (approx)

or simply in 9.7 weeks

Kade Heath · Answer 2

It will take 10 weeks because 20.5x10=205 and if he only saved for 9 weeks he wouldn't have enough and if he saved for 11 weeks, he would've already had enough the week before