Janie receives an allowance of $3 per week. in addition, she can earn $2 for each chore she does. this week, she wants to earn enough money to buy a cd for $13. janie can do fractions of chores

Mathematics · High School · Wed Jan 13 2021

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Given :

Allowance received by Jane = $3

Payment of each chore = $2

Cost of cd = $13

So, let the number of chores be x

Then,

2x + 3 = 13

2x =13 - 3

2x = 10

x = 10/2

x = 5

 

Thus, Jane needs to do 5 chores to buy cd.