document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=526510>Question 526510</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> help me with this ? please . . <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Geraldo has already saved $40 and wants to buy a CD player for $129 about for months from now. To find how much he should save each week between now and then, he wrote 40 + 16x = 129. Explain his equations ( show work )  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Geraldo estimates that he can save $16 per week<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, $40 in savings is what he started with<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = number of weeks<BR>\n" );
document.write( "amount saved is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40 + 16x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "set the above to the target amount of $129<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40 + 16x = 129<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16x = 89<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 89/16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 5.5625<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Geraldo would have to save for 6 weeks to have enough to buy the CD player </SPAN>\n" );
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