Question

Ned and Jack are each saving money for a new smartphone. Ned initially has $65 and plans to save $5.50 per week. Jack does not have any money saved yet, but he plans to save $8.75 per week. Let x=# weeks and y=amount of money saved.

Answer 1

I'm not sure exactly what you're looking but I would set up the equation like this.

y=65+5.5x for Ned's equation

y=8.75x for Jack's equation.

Explanation:

This is in y=mx+b format, hopefully it helps!