Lianne is saving to buy a DVD player that costs 2 1\2 times her weekly allowance. If she spends 3\4 of her allowance on other things, how long will she take to save the money for the DVD player?

She will take 10 weeks to save the money for the DVD player

Step-by-step explanation:

Let w = Lianne's weekly allowance.

The DVD player costs 2 1/2 times her weekly allowance, thus

DVD cost = 5/2w

She gets w every week but spends 3/4w on other things, thus the remaining money is

Weekly savings =w - 3/4w = 1/4w

To know the number of weeks needed, we divide the DVD cost by the weekly savings:

Operating:

N = 10

She will take 10 weeks to save the money for the DVD player

x= -3

step-by-step explanation:

step 1: simplify brackets

4 - x - 1 = 6

step 2: simpilfy

3 - x = 6

step 3: subtract 3 from both sides

-x = 6 - 3

step 4: simpilfy 6 - 3

-x = 3

step 5: multiply both sides by -1

x = -3