Question

Jamie owns a pizza shop and is paying off a balance of $6,550 with a monthly payment of $275. She can afford an extra $300/month. Write the second equation in a system to find how many months it will take her to pay off the balance.

(A) (y = 300x)
(B) (y = 275x - 300)
(C) (y = 6550 - 575x)
(D) (y = 6550 - 575x - 300)

Answer 1

The second equation in the system to find how many months it will take Jamie to pay off the balance is y = 275x + 300.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the second equation in a system to determine how many months it will take for Jamie to pay off the balance, we need to consider her monthly payment of $275 and the extra amount she can afford to pay of $300. The equation for the monthly payment would be y = 275x, where y represents the remaining balance and x represents the number of months. To include the extra amount, we add it to the monthly payment, so the second equation in the system would be y = 275x + 300.