Question

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Marta saved up money in order to buy a shirt she wanted. She spent $35.22 on the shirt.
Afterwards she had $12.75 left of what she had saved. Let m be the original amount of money
hat Marta had saved.
a) Write an equation that models the information given in this problem. Please help quickly please

Answer 1

Answer: m=35.22+12.75

Explanation:

Well we should first assume that we don't know what she originally had altogether, so I would assume this would start as a m=... sort of problem. Since we know she spent 35.22 on the shirt and know she had 12.75 left over we can assume when these totals are added we get her original amount of money that was saved up.

m = original amount saved up

Spent = 35.22

Left = 12.75

m=35.22+12.75

Answer 2

Let m be the original amount of money that Marta had saved. The amount she spent on the shirt is $35.22, and the amount she had left is $12.75. We can write an equation that models this information as follows:
$$
m - 35.22 = 12.75
$$
This equation says that the original amount of money Marta had saved, m, minus the amount she spent on the shirt, $35.22, is equal to the amount she had left, $12.75[1].