Lester got $\$50$ for his birthday, so his mom took him to the bank to open a savings account. Going forward, Lester also plans to deposit all of his income into his savings account each week. He has two sources of weekly income: his $\$10$ allowance and the $\$15$ he makes from delivering newspapers. $\newline$ At this rate, in how many weeks will Lester's savings account have $\$500$ ? $\newline$ $\_\_\_$ weeks $\newline$

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Q. Lester got

\$50

for his birthday, so his mom took him to the bank to open a savings account. Going forward, Lester also plans to deposit all of his income into his savings account each week. He has two sources of weekly income: his

\$10

allowance and the

\$15

he makes from delivering newspapers.

\newline

At this rate, in how many weeks will Lester's savings account have

\$500

\newline

\_\_\_

weeks

\newline

Calculate Income: Lester's weekly income is the sum of his allowance and earnings from delivering newspapers, which is $\$10$ + $\$15$ .
Total Weekly Income: Calculating Lester's total weekly income: $\$10$ + $\$15$ = $\$25$ per week.
Calculate Additional Savings: Lester starts with $\$50$ in his savings account, To reach $\$500$ , he needs to save an additional $\$500 - \$50$ .
Additional Amount Calculation: Calculating the additional amount Lester needs to save: $\$500 - \$50 = \$450$ .
Calculate Number of Weeks: To find out how many weeks it will take to save the additional $\$450$ , divide $\$450$ by his weekly income of $\$25$ .
Calculate Number of Weeks: To find out how many weeks it will take to save the additional $\$450$ , divide $\$450$ by his weekly income of $\$25$ .Calculating the number of weeks: $\$450 \div \$25 = 18$ weeks.