Question

Trisha borrowed money from her mom to buy a skateboard plus safety gear. She paid back a little bit of money every week.

After 3 weeks she owed her mom $281. After 8 weeks, she owed her mom $166. Let y represent the amount she owes her mom and x represent the number of weeks she has been paying her debt.

Write an equation in slope-intercept form to represent how much she owes her mom after x weeks.


y=


How much money is Trisha paying her mom each week? $

How long will it take Trisha to pay off her debt?
weeks (answer in whole weeks)

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Answer 2

y==$281+$166=$447

in 11 weeks she pay $ 447

in 1 weeks she pay $447/11=40.6$

she paid off in 3+8=11 weeks

I am not sure