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9) Josie had $89 in her bank account. She recently got a job and is able to save $107 each paycheck. To represent the situation a student wrote the equation y = 89x + 107. What is wrong with the students
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9) Josie had $89 in her bank account. She recently got a job and is able to save $107 each

paycheck. To represent the situation a student wrote the equation y = 89x + 107. What is
wrong with the students equation? Describe the error and correct it.

User Salil Luley
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It should be 107x+89 as 89 is the independent variable just as shown in the text and only 107 is the dependent variable which depends on the number of month so x represent the month should be nest to 107
User Anshul Verma
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Answer: the x should be next to the 107 instead of the 89

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