Question

A college student has $240 to use for laundry money. Each time he does laundry, he spends $7.50. Which equation represents the amount of money, M, he has after he has done laundry “x” times?

A) M= 7.50x - 240
B) M= 240 - 7.50x
C) M= 7.50 - 240x
D) M= 240x - 7.50

Answer 1

B

Explanation:

x = the number of times he does laundry.

Let's say he does the laundry 5 times then x = 5.

Each time costs $7,50.

If you want to know how much money he has spent after 5 times, you have to calculate 5 times $7,50. 7,5 times 5 = 37.5.

M stands for how much money he still has left from the 240 dollars.

If you apply the formula it would be 'M = 240 - 7.50x (7.50 times 5) = 240 - 37.5 = 202.5'

Therefore, the correct answer is B (M = 240 - 7.50x).