Question

Taylor gets $5 every time she walks her neighbors dog. She has 25 right now. How many more times does she have to walk her dog to buy her bike that costs $83?

Answer 1

Answer:

12 more times

Step-by-step explanation:

First, we can subtract...

• how much money Taylor has right now
• FROM
• how much the bike costs

to determine how much she needs to earn from dog walks:

$83 - 25 = 58$

So, Taylor needs to earn $58 so that she can buy the bike.

We know that she earns $5 for each dog walk. We can write this as a math expression by using a variable ($x$) to represent the number of dog walks:

$5x$

Next, we can solve for the variable when she has enough money to buy the bike by equating that expression with how much money she needs to earn ($58):

$5x = 58$

↓ dividing both sides by 5

$x = \dfrac{58}{5}$

↓ converting the improper fraction to a mixed number

$x = 11\dfrac{3}{5}$

↓ rounding up to a whole week

$x \approx 12$

So, Taylor will have to walk her neighbor's dog 12 more times before she has enough money to buy the bike.