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Vincent has already jarred 20 liters of jam and will jar an additional 1 liter of jam every day.How many days does Vincent need to spend making jam if he wants to jar 25 liters of jamin all?

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1) Gathering the data

20 liters of jam has been jarred

+ 1 liter per day

2) We can write an equation for that, since 20liters have already been jarred and 1 liter per day

F(d) = 20 +d F, for filling and d, for days

Since he wants to jar 25 liters, then we can write:

25 = 20 +d Subtract 20 from both sides

25-20= d

d= 5

3) So Vincent will spend 5 more days to fill 25 liters.

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