SOLUTION: How do i set up this equation? Every Sunday, jarrod buys a loaf of bread for 3.00. The local store has a sale on breadmakers for $73. If the bread-making supplies cost $0.71 per

Question 514999: How do i set up this equation? Every Sunday, jarrod buys a loaf of bread for 3.00. The local store has a sale on breadmakers for $73. If the bread-making supplies cost $0.71 per week, for how many weeks would jarrod have to bake a loaf of bread at home before the breadmaker starts saving him money?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of weeks after he buys bread maker
Before he buys bread maker:
His cost =
After he buys bread maker:
His cost =
I want to find:

It will take about 31 weeks and 6 days
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