Question

A student usually saves $20 a month. He would like to reach a goal of saving $350 in

12 months. The student writes the equation 12(x + 20) = 350 to represent this situation.
Solve the equation for x.
• Show your work or explain your answer.
• Write your answer as a sentence that describes what the variable x represents

Answer 1

Explanation:

12x + 240 = 350

12x = 110

x =
`(110)/(12)`

x is how much money the student needs to save more amonth. so insead of saving 20 dollars the student would have to save 20+x dollars and x is
`9.16666666666.....`