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Josh is putting money into a savings account. he starts with $550 in the savings account, and each week he adds $30 . let s represent the total amount of money in the savings account (in dollars), and let w represent the number of weeks josh has been adding money. write an equation relating s to w . then use this equation to find the total amount of money in the savings account after 19 weeks.

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Total money in the saving's account (s) will be $550 + money deposited over 19 months (w) @ 30 per month.
So the equation will be S = $550 + ( w x 30)
S = $550 + 30w
S = $550 + 570 (30 x 19)
S = $ 1120.
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