Question

Emilio works at a local fast-food restaurant. He currently makes $200 per week after taxes plus $20 extra cash every other week for cleaning the deep fryer. Emilio is trying to save up for an apartment. He knows that he can get a nice apartment for a move-in cost between $1,050 and $2,100. The equation below represents this situation where x is the number of weeks worked and P is the move-in cost of the apartment.



What is the minimum number of weeks that Emilio needs to work to get his apartment?

7 weeks

5 weeks

10 weeks

9 weeks

Answer 1

@uri can you help?

Answer 2

5 weeks

Answer 3

are you 100% sure?

Answer 4

@pokerstar

Answer 5

do the math... 5 weeks at $200 a week gets you $1,000. Then add in the $20 bi-weekly cleaning

Answer 6

what grade are you in?

Answer 7

8th

Answer 8

why? @pokerstar

Answer 9

5 weeks final answer

Answer 10

okay thank you! can you help me with others

Answer 11

sure no problem!! give me a thumbs up or however this thing works. I just signed up

Answer 12

okay i just did