Keith has $500 in a savings account at the beginning of the summer. He wants to have at least $200 a

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    Keith has $500 in a savings account at the beginning of the summer. He wants to have at least $200 at the end of the summer. He withdraws $25 per week for food, clothing, and movie tickets. How many weeks can Keith withdraw money from his account.

    Keith's balance is written as B(w) where w is the number of weeks passed since the beginning of summer. We have:
    B(w) = 500 - 25w

    The problem asks for B(w) = 200, so we set 500 - 25w = 200.

    Typing 500 - 25w = 200 into the search engine, we get w = 12.
     

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