Raul has $460 in his checking account. Each month, $45 is automatically deducted from his account to pay for his cell phone plan. He makes no other deposits or withdrawals. He wants to always have more than $100 in his account. What is the greatest number of months he can pay for his cell phone and still have more than $100 in his account?
You need to take the sum of the account minus 101 because he always wants more than 100 in there and then divide the answer by 45
(460-101)/45 = Months
359/45=Months
7 = Months he can pay for
x=number of months
how much is deducted total=number of months times amount deducted per m onth
amount deducted per month=45
number of months=x
how much deducted total=45x
460-deducted total is more than 100
460-45x>100
solve for x
add 45x to both sides
460>100+45x
subtract 100
360>45x
divide both sides by 45
8>x
answer is 7 months
if he does 8 months, then he will have exatly 100 and 100 is noe more than 100
answer is 7 months