Question

Gabe has a savings account at the local bank. He deposits $150 in his account every 2 months. Which equation models the relationship between the months that deposits are made, x, and the amount of money deposited in the account, y?

Answer 1

y=150(x/2)

Explanation:

y = 150(x/2)

y represents the amount of money that is deposited into Gabe's account. x represents the amount of time he is adding money for.

x is divided by 2 because however long gabe has been adding money into his account, he does it every 2 months. This means that if x = 12 (time = 12 months) , then Gabe has only made (12/2) = 6 deposits of $150. If x = 4 (time = 4 months), then Gabe would have only made (4/2) = 2 deposits of $150.

With this being said, 150 is being multiplied by the number of deposits (x/2) to find the total amount of money deposited (y).