Question

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.

20-5x=50
50+5x=20
20+5x=50
50-5x=-20

Answer 1

20 + 5x = 50

Explanation:

20 + 5x = 50

-20 -20

5x = 30

x = 6

Sam baked six cakes this week.

Hope that helps.