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.