Tyler did yard work to earnsome extra money. He mowed a neighbor’s lawn and earned $20. He mowed a few more lawns and earned an additional $60. He continued working all summer for 6 weeks, earning the same amount each week. At the end of the summer he spent $200. How much money did he have left?

Question

Tyler did yard work to earnsome extra money. He mowed a neighbor’s lawn and earned $20. He mowed a few more lawns and earned an additional $60. He continued working all summer for 6 weeks, earning the same amount each week. At the end of the summer he spent $200. How much money did he have left?

Answer 1

how long did it take to earn the first amount? Did the "all summer" for 6 weeks include the first week? If not, and if he made the full $80 in the first week, then he wound up with

20 + 60 + 6*80 - 200 = ____

Poorly worded question.

Answer 2

To find out how much money Tyler had left at the end of the summer, we need to calculate his total earnings and subtract the amount he spent.

First, Tyler earned $20 for mowing his neighbor's lawn and an additional $60 for mowing a few more lawns. So his total earnings from these tasks are $20 + $60 = $80.

Next, we are told that Tyler worked all summer for 6 weeks and earned the same amount each week. Let's call that amount "x". Therefore, his earnings for the whole summer can be calculated by multiplying the amount he earned per week (x) by the number of weeks (6): 6x.

Now, we can write an equation for Tyler's total earnings: 6x + $80.

We know that at the end of the summer, Tyler spent $200. So to find out how much money he had left, we need to subtract his expenses from his total earnings:

Money left = Total earnings - Expenses
= (6x + $80) - $200

Now we can solve for "x" by equating the expression to be equal to zero, since we want to find the value of "x" where Tyler has no money left:

0 = (6x + $80) - $200

Rearranging the equation, we have:
6x + $80 - $200 = 0

Combining like terms, we get:
6x - $120 = 0

Adding $120 to both sides of the equation, we have:
6x = $120

Dividing both sides of the equation by 6, we get:
x = $120 / 6
x = $20

So Tyler earned $20 per week.

Now, we can substitute the value of "x" into our equation to find Tyler's total earnings for the summer:
Total earnings = 6x + $80
= 6 * $20 + $80
= $120 + $80
= $200

Finally, to find out how much money Tyler had left, we subtract the amount he spent ($200) from his total earnings ($200):

Money left = $200 - $200
= $0

Therefore, Tyler had $0 left at the end of the summer.