Laudromat cost

Question

Roberto and Maria Santanos spend approximately $11.50 per week to wash and dry their family's clothes at a local coin laundry. A new washer and dryer would cost them a total of $805. How many weeks will it take for the laundromat cost to equal the cost of a new washer and dryer?

It would take  ---------    weeks for the laundromat cost to equal the cost of a new washer and dryer.

Answer 1

X= no. weeks

11.75x=846

X=72 weeks

Answer 2

It would take 805/11.5 = 70 weeks.