Alex works 4 hours on tuesday,thursday ,and Friday.He earns $6.50 per hour.He is saving to buy a television that costs $525.How many weeks will Alex have to work to buy the television?
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To find out how many weeks Alex will have to work to buy the television, we need to determine how much money he earns in a week and then divide the cost of the television by that amount.
Since Alex works 4 hours on each day he works (Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday), he works a total of 3 * 4 = 12 hours per week.
Now, let's calculate how much money he earns in a week:
Hourly wage = $6.50
Hours worked per week = 12
Weekly earnings = Hourly wage * Hours worked per week = $6.50 * 12 = $78
Finally, let's determine the number of weeks Alex needs to work to save $525:
Number of weeks = Cost of television / Weekly earnings = $525 / $78 = 6.73
Since Alex cannot work a fraction of a week, we round up the number of weeks to the next whole number. Therefore, Alex will have to work for 7 weeks to save enough money to buy the television.