Question

Janna is saving money. her savings plan is shown below. janna has$34 and will save $6 per day. write an equation to repersent the relationship between the number of days and amount saved. indicate what each varible repersents in the equation?

Answer 1

Hi! So the equation would be y = 6x + 34 where y is the total amount.

You have 6x because the x shows how many days you are getting the 6 dollars.
You have 34 because that's how many dollars you started with. That is called the y-intercept.

For example, if I saved 6 dollars for ten days (which would be my x)--my equation would look like...

y = 6x + 34
y = 6(10) + 34
y = 60 + 34
y = 94

Hope this helps.