Acouple is required by their lender to have a down payment of 20% of the purchase price of the home they want to buy. if the couple has saved $35,000, what is the most expensive home the couple can afford to buy?

Down payment is 20% of the price of the home. Since the couple saved $35,000, and assuming they will pay the whole money as down payment, the highest priced home they can get is a price whose 20% is $35,000.

We can setup an equation in x (being the price of home) to get the price of the most expensive home they can buy.

Which number (x) , multiplied by 20%, is equal to $35,000?

So, the most expensive house they can buy is worth $175,000.

ANSWER: $175,000

use an equation of ratios to determine the amount of gas needed to fill the tank.

    0.2             0.8

  =    

288.75             x

                                                              231 gal

so, 0.2x = (0.8)(288.75 gal), and x = = 1155 gal.

                                                                0.2

it would take 1155 gal. to fill the tank.

the cost would be

1155 gal         $3

* = $3465   (answer)

      1           1 gal

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