Question

Pablo received $200 dollars for his high school graduation. He wants to save his money to buy a new laptop that cost $700 for when he attends

college. Each month, he adds $125 to his laptop savings. Write an equation in slope intercept form for m, the number of months that it will take Pablo to save $700.

Answer 1

Let's call the number of months that it takes Pablo to save $700 as "m". The amount of money Pablo has saved after "m" months can be represented by the equation:

y = 200 + 125m

where y is the total amount of money saved after "m" months.

To find the number of months it will take Pablo to save $700, we can set y equal to $700 and solve for m:

700 = 200 + 125m

500 = 125m

m = 500 / 125 = 4

So it will take Pablo 4 months to save $700.

The equation in slope-intercept form is:

y = 125m + 200

where m is the number of months and y is the total amount of money saved. The slope of the line is 125, which represents the amount added to the savings each month, and the y-intercept is 200, which represents the initial amount of money Pablo received for graduation.