Answer:
a: The tape diagram represents the story because there’s 5 boxes representing the 5 weeks and x-2 in each box since x represents the amount Andre’s neighbor will pay him weekly to mow the lawn. This all equals 40 because that’s how much money he has to save.
B: Andre’s neighbor pays him 10 dollars each week to mow the lawn.
Explanation:
b: For this part you have to make an equation combining all the five weeks which would be 5x-10. Then you would make it equal 40 because that’s how much he needs to save 5x-10=40. The you solve to find x by adding 10 to both sides of the equation and get 5x = 50. Then if you divide 5 on both sides you get 10!
You can check you work by plugging in 10 as x into the diagram.