Katie wants to buy a bicycle that costs $129. This as $24 more than 3 times what she saved last month. How much did she save las

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ValentinkaMS [17]

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Katie wants to buy a bicycle that costs $129. This as $24 more than 3 times what she saved last month. How much did she save las

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vagabundo [1.1K] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-01T22:01:59+03:00

vagabundo [1.1K]2 years ago

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Answer:

Katie saved $35 last month.

Step-by-step explanation:

we are given that, Katie wants to buy a bicycle that costs $129.

This is $24 more than 3 times what katie saved last month.

Let Katie, saved $x last month.

So we can write

$3x+24=129\\\text{Add-24 on both the sides}\\3x+24-24=129-24\\3x=105\\\text{Divide both the sides by 3, we get}\\x=35\\\text{So she saved last month }$35.$