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− | Chandler wants to buy a | + | Chandler wants to buy a <math>500</math> dollar mountain bike. For his birthday, his grandparents |
− | send him | + | send him <math>50</math> dollars, his aunt sends him <math>35</math> dollars and his cousin gives him <math>15</math> dollars. He earns |
− | + | <math>16</math> dollars per week for his paper route. He will use all of his birthday money and all | |
of the money he earns from his paper route. In how many weeks will he be able | of the money he earns from his paper route. In how many weeks will he be able | ||
to buy the mountain bike? | to buy the mountain bike? | ||
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<math>x = 25</math> | <math>x = 25</math> | ||
− | The answer is <math>\boxed{B}</math> | + | The answer is <math> \boxed{\textbf{(B)}\ 25} </math> |
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+ | ==See Also== | ||
+ | {{AMC8 box|year=2007|num-b=4|num-a=6}} | ||
+ | {{MAA Notice}} |
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Problem
Chandler wants to buy a dollar mountain bike. For his birthday, his grandparents send him dollars, his aunt sends him dollars and his cousin gives him dollars. He earns dollars per week for his paper route. He will use all of his birthday money and all of the money he earns from his paper route. In how many weeks will he be able to buy the mountain bike?
Solution
Let be the number of weeks.
Thus, we have the equation .
Simplify,
The answer is
See Also
2007 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 4 |
Followed by Problem 6 | |
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All AJHSME/AMC 8 Problems and Solutions |
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