(Note: Hello! I'm having trouble with this problem, and I don't need the answer, but I just want to know HOW to solve this word problem. Any help is much appreciated!)

Question

Nina has some money saved for a vacation she has planned.

-The vacation will cost a total of $1600.
-She will put $150 every week into her account to help pay for the vacation.
-She will have enough money for the vacation in 8 weeks.

If Nina was able to save $200 a week instead of $150 a week, how many fewer weeks would it take her to save enough money for the vacation?

Answer 1

First of all, 8*150 = 1200
so she will not have $1600 in 8 weeks
how many weeks will it take? 1600/150 = ?1

But,1600/200 = ?2 weeks

So, subtract ?2 - ?1 = ...

Answer 2

So 1,600/150 = 10.6 or 11
and 1,600/200 = 8

So subtracting the them, I get 3.

Alrighty, thank you!

Answer 3

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