Answer:
After 3 weeks they will have saved $204. They will have enough money to buy the gift ($518).
Step-by-step explanation:
We have the following data to solve this problem :
Jason and his 3 brothers want to buy a gift for their mother (There are 4 people saving for the gift).
They have $314 saved.
Each of them will save $17 a week
They need at least $515 for the gift.
We want to know the amount of money saved after 3 weeks. To calculate this we need to multiply the number of weeks per the amount of money each person can save every week and per the number of people ⇒
[tex](3Weeks).(17\frac{Dollars.Person}{Week}).(4people)=204[/tex]
We find out that after 3 weeks Jason and his brothers will save $204.
If we want to know if the amount of money is enough for the gift we need to sum this value to the previous saved money.
$314 + $204 = $518
Therefore after 3 weeks Jason and his brothers will have $518 for the gift.
$518 > $515 ⇒ They will have enough money to buy the gift.
