Carrie has saved $125 and will begin earning $65 per week for a
part time job she just started. She plans to save all the money
she earns until she saves $500.
Part 1:
1) Write an equation for Carrie's savings, S, as a
function of weeks worked, W.
2) How much will Carrie save after 4 weeks?
3) How many weeks must Carrie work to save $500?
Part 2:
Suppose Carrie only saves 80% of her earnings.
1) Write a new equation for Carrie's savings as a
function of weeks worked.
2) How many weeks will Carrie have to work to save
$500?