Chapter 6.3, Problem 1GP

To determine

To calculate: The amount spent by an average teenager on fashion related items per week.

Answer to Problem 1GP

The amount spent by an average teenager on fashion related items per week is $\$33.50$ .

Explanation of Solution

Given information:

The average teenager spends $\$1742$ per year on fashion related items.

Formula used:

Year and weeks are related to each other by a mathematical as,

  $1\text{year}=52\text{weeks}$

Calculation:

Consider the given information the average teenager spends $\$1742$ per year on fashion related items.

Recall that the year and weeks are related to each other as, $1\text{year}=52\text{weeks}$ .

So, amount spent per week is evaluated as when $1742$ is divided by $52$ .

Therefore, amount spent per week is,

  $\frac{1742}{52}=33.50$

Hence, the amount spent by an average teenager on fashion related items is $\$33.50$ per week.