how much will each child have to contribute each week? A. $24 per week per child B. $15 per week per child C. $3 per week per child D. $7 per week per ch

Question

Write and solve an equation for this problem: five children in the Woods family have decided to purchase an anniversary gift for their parents. They estimate the price of the gift to be $170. Each person has already contributed $10. If they have eight weeks to raise the rest of the money, how much will each child have to contribute each week?

Answer 1

The cost of the gift is 170 dollars

 

Each of the five children have contributed ten dollars, for a total of 5 * 10 = 50 dollars

 

They need to raise an additional (170 - 50) = 120 dollars

 

The children have 8 weeks to raise 120 dollars. How much is that per week?

 

120/8 = 15 dollars

 

Since there are 5 children, then each child will have to contribute 15/5 = 3 dollars each week