Question

Mia is saving up to buy anew video game. She has$10 saved so far, and shecan save $2 from herallowance each week. Howlong will it take her to saveup the $28 she needs? write an equation and solve.

Answer 1

The equation formed is,

`10+2x=28`

Here x is represent it will take to save enough money. If she saves $2 each week, then in x weeks she will save 2x dollars.

The already saved amount is $10 and