Tony and Alice are trying to reduce the amount of television they watch. For every hour they watch television, they have to put $3.50 into savings. The table shows how many hours of television Tony and Alice have watched in the past two months.
Hours watched
in February Hours watched
in March
Tony 43.6 21.9
Alice 16.8 28.6
Tony wants to use his savings at the end of March to buy video games. The games cost $33.75 each. How many games can Tony buy?
Tony can buy
video games.
(43.6 + 21.9) 3.50 = 33.75x
Solve for x.
To find out how many games Tony can buy, we first need to calculate how much money Tony saved in March.
Tony saved $3.50 for every hour of television he watched. In March, he watched 21.9 hours. So, he saved 21.9 * $3.50 = $<<21.9*3.5=76.65>>76.65.
Now we need to calculate how many games Tony can buy with the savings. Each game costs $33.75. To find the number of games, we can divide the savings by the cost of each game.
Number of games Tony can buy = $76.65 / $33.75 ≈ <<76.65/33.75=2.27>>2.27
Since we can't buy a fraction of a game, Tony can buy 2 games with his savings.