Question

john has $305, and he is spending $3 each day. which algebraic expression describes this situation, where d represents the number of days?

Answer 1

I'm not 100% sure but i think it should be like this:

305 - 3d

Answer 2

The algebraic expression which describes this situation is:

`305-3d`

Explanation:

It is given that:

John has $305, and he is spending $3 each day.

This means that : each day his saving are decreasing by $ 3

Hence, at the end of first day he will be left with:

`$ (305-3)`

At the end of the second day he will be left with:

`$ [(305-3)-3]=$ (305-3* 2)`

Similarly at the end of the third day he will be left with:

`$ (305-3* 3)`

Hence, for the d days he will have:

`$ (305-3d)`