To get a job as a receptionist you have to be able to type 60 words per minute. Trevor wanted to work as a receptionist for the summer so he was working on building up his typing speed. He made the following table to track his progress.
Week 0 20 words/min
Week 1 26 words/min
Week 2 32 words/min
Week 3 38 words/min
Write and Solve an equation to answer the question "When will Trevor reach his goal of typing 60 words per minute?"
He will reach his goal in week 7
I'm not sure about my equation but I think this is it
20+6w=62
w=7
6w + 20 = 60
6w = 40
W = 6 4/6 or 7 Weeks.
Good job on writing down the equation! However, there seems to be a slight mistake in the equation you provided.
To solve this problem, we can use the equation:
20 + 6w = 60
Let's break down the equation:
- 20 represents Trevor's starting typing speed in words per minute.
- 6w represents the increase in his typing speed per week.
- 60 represents Trevor's goal typing speed.
By setting up this equation, we can solve for w, which represents the number of weeks it will take Trevor to reach his goal typing speed.
Now let's solve the equation:
20 + 6w = 60
First, subtract 20 from both sides of the equation to isolate 6w:
6w = 60 - 20
6w = 40
Next, divide both sides of the equation by 6 to solve for w:
w = 40 / 6
w = 6.666...
Since w represents the number of weeks, Trevor cannot reach his goal in a fractional number of weeks. Therefore, we round up to the nearest whole number.
Therefore, Trevor will reach his goal of typing 60 words per minute in week 7.