Question

Candace paid her parents $45 for rent and divided the rest of her paycheck evenly into a checking account, savings account, and a retirement fund. She put $192 into her savings account. Write an equation to represent the situation. How much was Candace paid?

Answer 1

p = $45 + 3($192)

Candace was paid $621.

Explanation:

Let p represents the paycheck

Candace paid her parents $45 for rent

After paying the rent she evenly divided the rest of the amount into three parts.

She puts $ 192 into her savings account. It means that she also puts $192 into checking account and $ 192 into retirement fund

If we put the parts together, the equation we get is:

p = $45+$192+$192+$192

The equation can be summarized as:

p = $45 + 3($192)

We can read it as:

paycheck is equal to $45 plus 3 equal parts of $192 each

Now we can easily find how much was Candace paid.

p = $45 + 3($192)

p = $45 +$576

p = $621

Candace was paid $621.