Samuel has $65.25 in his account. He is saving $15.50 per week. How many weeks will it take to save $300? (Estimate the values to the nearest whole number).

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Answer 1

To find out how many weeks it will take Samuel to save $300, we first need to determine how much more money he needs to save.

Starting with the total amount he wants to save:

\[ 300 - 65.25 = 234.75 \]

Now, we know Samuel saves $15.50 per week. To find out how many weeks it will take to reach $234.75, we can divide the amount he needs by his weekly savings:

\[ \frac{234.75}{15.50} \approx 15.16 \]

Rounding this to the nearest whole number gives us approximately 15 weeks.

Thus, it will take Samuel about 15 weeks to save an additional $300.