Question

You want to buy a pet that costs $48. You already have $12 and

you plan to save $9 per week or each week. If w represents the
number of weeks until you have enough money to buy the pet,
what equation could you use to find the number of the weeks or
the value of w?

Answer 1

12 +9w = 48

Explanation:

The amount of money you plan to have after w weeks is 9w dollars. Added to the amount you already have (12), you want the total to be 48 dollars. A suitable equation is ...

12 +9w = 48

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Caveat

We note that no answer choices are provided with this question. The equation shown here may or may not match any of the offered choices, if there are some. There are many ways to write an equivalent equation.