Question

each month stacey places a portion of her earnings in a retirement account. her savings are invested in two companies. for every $9 invested in company A, $2 is invested in company B. Stacey quizzes her children, krista and kevin, about how much money will she invest in company A if she invests $24 in company B?

Answer 1

how many twos are in 24? i.e. what is \(24\div 2\)?

Answer 2

12 @satellite73

Answer 3

ok good

Answer 4

each of those 12 two dollar deposits gave a 9 dollar deposit in company A
compute \(9\times 12\)

Answer 5

@satellite73 108