To write: The expression that can determine how much Diego owes his father each week and make a table as mentioned in the question.
Answer to Problem 33IP
The expression
The table is:
week | Diego owes |
2 | 650 |
4 | 520 |
6 | 390 |
8 | 260 |
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
Diego borrowed $780 from his father to buy a new saddle for his horse. He earns $65 each weekend cleaning stables and uses his earnings to pay his debt.
Calculation:
Total amount borrowed by Diego is $780.
Each week he can pay $65.
Let x be the number of weeks Diego work.
Therefore,
The expression which represent the amount that Diego owes his father after x week is:
To build a table, Substitute the different value of
The table is obtained as:
week | Diego owes |
2 | 650 |
4 | 520 |
6 | 390 |
8 | 260 |
From, the pattern of ordered pair shown in the above table, it can be easily concluded that Diego will take 12 weeks to pay his debt.
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