SOLUTION: A tree house costs $530. You plan to save $10 each week. Your parents will help pay $80 of the cost. Your savings plan can be modeled with the equation S = 10w + 80. After how many
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Question 1026306: A tree house costs $530. You plan to save $10 each week. Your parents will help pay $80 of the cost. Your savings plan can be modeled with the equation S = 10w + 80. After how many weeks will you be able to afford the tree house?
Answer by tutor_paul(519) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First, apply the information given to the savings plan equation:
Solve for w (The number of weeks)
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Good Luck,
tutor_paul@yahoo.com
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