Question

Misha is determined to save $20 each month. He already has $30. How many months does he need to be saving to reach his goal of $150?

Answer 1

Misha must save money for 6 months.

Explanation:

In order to solve this, we could make an equation. Let's create an equation where `x` is the number of months in which Misha saves money. Since Misha saves $20 each month and since he starts out with 30 dollars, we can create the equation `20x+30=150`, the 150 being there because that's the amount of money Misha wants to have. From here, just solve for `x`:

`20x+30-30=150-30`

`20x=120`

`(20x)/20=120/20`

`x=6`