Question

Felix has $11 and begins saving $5 each week toward buying a new phone. Eddy has $60 and begins spending $2 per week on supplies for his art class.

Write and equation that represents Felix and Eddy.

y = __x + __

Answer 1

Felix starts off with 11, so that's our constant.

Each week he saves $5 which is our slope.

Equation for Felix:

Y=5x+11

Eddy has $60 which is our constant

He saves $2 which is our slope

Equation for Eddy:

Y=2x+60