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John has $2 in his bank account when he gets a job. He begins making $107 a day. A student found that the equation that represents this situation is y = 2x + 107. What is wrong with the student's equation?
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John has $2 in his bank account when he gets a job. He begins making $107 a day. A student found that the equation that represents this situation is

y = 2x + 107. What is wrong with the student's equation? Describe and correct the student's error.

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That equation means that John started with $107 in his bank account and is making $2 dollars a day. The correct equation is y=107x+2.
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