Question

Gus has a lunch food budget of $190 per month. He spends an average of $5 per day on lunch. Which of the following equations represents how much money is left in his lunch budget after x days of buying lunch?

A.
y = 5x - 190
B.
y = 190 - 5x
C.
y = 190x - 5
D.
y = 190 + 5x

Answer 1

The answer is C.

Explanation:

Each day (x) he loses 5 dollars from his total of 190. And C shows that because 190 - 5 x. 190 is his total, 5 is dollars lost a day, and x is days