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If Langston makes $22 dollars a week but always puts half into savings for college, after how many weeks will he have earned enough to purchase the guitar?

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018

18th Edition

ISBN:9780079039897

Author:Carter

Publisher:Carter

Chapter9: Quadratic Functions And Equations

Section9.5: Solving Quadratic Equations By Completing The Square

Problem 4GP

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