Question

Jake is buying a piece of recycled art from Luna. He started by giving her $50 and promised to pay her $5 a week until he pays the total price. What equation shows the relationship between the total amount paid (t) and the number of weeks (w) Jake will take to pay Luna?

Answer 1

Answer: $t = 50 + 5 w$

Step-by-step explanation:

Here w shows the number of weeks and t shows the total amount in w weeks.

Since, the initial amount he paid to her = $ 50

After that he paid $ 5 per week.

Thus, the total extra amount he paid = 5 w

⇒ The total amount he paid to her = 50 + 5 w

⇒ t = 50 + 5 w

Which is the required relation between the total amount paid(t) and  the number of weeks (w) Jake will take to pay Luna.

Answer 2

5w+50=t
This is because Jake is giving her $5 a week and he already gave her $50. It would come out to be t, the total amount paid