Chanille has a credit card with a $6,000 limit. She charges $750 every month for clothes, but she can only pay back $300 a month. How many months until her card reaches or exceeds its limit?(1 point) Responses 14 months 14 months 8 months 8 months 13 months 13 months 20 months

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To determine how many months it will take for Chanille's credit card balance to reach or exceed the $6,000 limit, we need to calculate her monthly balance change.

Each month:

  • She charges $750 to her card.
  • She pays back $300.

So, the net increase in balance each month is:

\[ 750 - 300 = 450 \text{ dollars} \]

Now, we need to find out how many months it will take to reach the limit of $6,000, starting from a balance of $0. We can set up the equation as follows:

Let \( x \) be the number of months. The total increased balance after \( x \) months is:

\[ 450x \geq 6000 \]

Now we solve for \( x \):

\[ x \geq \frac{6000}{450} \]

Calculating this gives:

\[ x \geq 13.33 \]

Since \( x \) must be a whole number (as we can't have a fraction of a month), we round up to the nearest whole number, which is \( 14 \).

Thus, it will take 14 months for Chanille's credit card balance to reach or exceed the $6,000 limit.

Therefore, the answer is 14 months.