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Sam is baking cakes at her parents' bakery. She gets paid $20 a week in addition to $5 for every cake she bakes. She made $50 this week. Write an equation to show how many cakes Sam baked this week.

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Answer:

She baked 6 cakes.

Explanation:

First you would take 50 and subtract 20 from it to get 30. Then you would Divide 5 from 30 to get 6.

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Answer: 20 + 5x = 50

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