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1. Benjamin is saving money for a new laptop. He

already has $50 in his account. Now he plans on
saving $25 per week. Which equation can be
used to calculate y, the total amount of money
Benjamin will have saved after x number of
weeks of saving.
A. y = 25x + 50
B. y = 50x + 25
C. x = 25y + 50
D. x = 50y +25

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The answer is A bc in the y=Mx+b mx is the slope and b is the starting values and interpreting that into your equation would be where 50 is the starting value and it changes 25 dollars every month which would be M
User Mark Beaton
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The answer is A y=25x+50
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