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need help Jackson makes 534$ a month working at a clinic he wants to buy a new car that 8,345$ he already has 5,380 how many months would he have to work until he gets the money needed Reply Subthread

Answer 1

so the first step is to substract 8345 - 5380 so that you find out how much money is left that he needs to make before he can buy the car

then you take that number and divide it by 534 to get the number of months that he needs to work in order to make that money

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Because you're given how much Jackson already has, we're going to start off with subtracting that number from the total of the new car to find how much he needs.

8,345-5,380=2,965

He still needs to make 2,965 dollars. But he only makes 534 dollars a month. So you must divide 534 from 2,965 to determine how long it would take him to pay the rest of the car off.

2,965/534=5.5524344569

You get a decimal. Because he will only get his salary at the end of the month you round up regardless. So your answer will be 6 months. (Unless your teacher finds that 5.5 is a sufficient answer.)

Good luck!