Given:
The skateboard Rita would like to buy costs $ 6 less than 3 times the amount she saved.
The skateboard costs $69.
To find:
The saved amount.
Solution:
Let x be the saved amount.
The skateboard Rita would like to buy costs $ 6 less than 3 times the amount she saved. So, the cost of the skateboard is [tex]3x-6[/tex].
The skateboard costs $69.
[tex]3x-6=69[/tex]
[tex]3x=69+6[/tex]
[tex]3x=75[/tex]
Divide both sides by 3.
[tex]x=\dfrac{75}{3}[/tex]
[tex]x=25[/tex]
Therefore, Rita saved $25.
