Question

Question #6121d

Answer 1

`"40 lawns need to be mowed"`

Explanation:

Alright. So Ella is earning some money mowing lawns over the summer. We are told for every lawn that she mows, she will get paid `$15`. Let's write this down to show what we mean.

`color(white)(aaaaaaaaaaaa)("1 lawn mowed")/($15 )`

Her goal is `$600`. So let's write what our goal is, or our given, and figure out how many lawns she needs to mow.

`color(white)(aaaaaaaa)(cancel$600)/1*("1 lawn mowed")/(cancel$15 ) = "40 lawns mowed"`

She will need to mow `40` lawns in order to earn her goal of `$600`

But if she is earning `$15` per lawn, let's hope all the lawns are equal in size because `$15` doesn't seem like a lot! Or, at least to me it doesn't.