Question

Jeremiah is saving money in a bank account. He opened the account with $25. Each month he adds the same amount of money to the account. After 8 months, the account has $505. Which equation can be used to calculate the amount of money in the account

Answer 1

8x + 25 = 505

Explanation:

He started with $25.

Each month, he deposits the same amount, but we don't know that amount.

Let's call the unknown amount of the monthly deposit x.

In 8 months, he deposited 8x.

We add 8x to the first deposit of $25 to get 8x + 25.

That must equal the total amount of money in his account after 8 months.

8x + 25 = 505

The equation is 8x + 25 = 505.

Answer 2

$25 x 8

Explanation:

he gets the same amount each month then times it by eight to see what he gets by eight months