SOLUTION: Armando collects baseball cards. He currently has 48 cards, and buys 5 new cards a week. How many cards will Armando have in 10 weeks?

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Question 633613: Armando collects baseball cards. He currently has 48 cards, and buys 5 new cards a week. How many cards will Armando have in 10 weeks?
Answer by ikeoddy(3) About Me  (Show Source):
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Armando originally has 48 cards.

If Armando buys 5 cards a week, in x weeks, he will have bought 5x cards.

His total number of cards will then be 48 + 5x.

Thus, in 10 weeks, Armando will have a total of 48 + 5(10) = 98 cards.