Question

Last summer, Carmelo started mowing lawns in the neighborhood to earn some money to pay for his graduation party. He mowed three lawns on day 1 and five lawns every day after that. Which function models the total number of lawns Carmelo has mowed after n days?

Answer 1

M = 3 + 5n

Explanation:

In this scenario, we have one fixed value which is the initial 3 lawns that he mowed on his first day. After that, he mowed 5 lawns but we are not given the number of days therefore this will be represented by the variable n. Using this information we can create the following model.

M = 3 + 5n

As mentioned above, the variable n represents the number of days that Carmelo has worked mowing lawns while the variable M represents the total number of lawns that Carmelo mowed.