A few days ago
melissa

In how many weeks will she have her first $20 in savings?

Someone earns $25 delivering papers each week. She saves $2.00 the first week. She plans to increase her savings by $3.00 each week, until she is saving $20.00 every week. In how many weeks will she have her first $20 in savings.

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A few days ago
wilddragon19

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hmm, so the first week, she save $2. then she plan on saving $3 from the second week and so on.

week 1: $2

week 2: $3 (5.00)

week 3: $3 (8.00)

week 4: $3 (11.00)

week 5: $3 (14.00)

week 6: $3 (17.00)

week 7: $3 (20.00)

hmm so if the question is asking when she will start saving 20.00 each week then it would be 7 but im not too sure, the wording for the question is rather confusing to me.

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A few days ago
VWGirl
Including the week that she saved two dollars: 7 weeks

Not including the week she saved two dollars: 6 weeks

Its a simple equation:

20-2=18 (that’s her goal minus what she saved in the first week)

18/3=6 (that’s how much more she has to save divided by what she saves each week)

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A few days ago
Daniel W
4 weeks

week 1: 2

week 2: 2+5 = 7

week 3: 7+8 = 15

week 4: 15+11= 26

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A few days ago
Chelsea79
7 weeks
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