Question

If my friend and i went to get ice cream, I have $30 and each ice cream is $5. What equation would help me solve this? I need an equation...

Answer 1

Hello there!

Your question asks to make an equation with the information that was given.

Answer: y = -5x + 30

In order to make an equation for your question. We would be making an equation with the formula: y = mx + b.

Formula: y = mx + b

m = change

x = amount of ice cream

b = starting value

We would need to gather the key information from the question.

Key information:

You have $30

Each ice cream cost $5

With the information above, we can make an equation for the question.

What we know is that you started with $30, so that means that 30 would be your b value (starting value).

Your equation should look like this:

y = mx + 30

Now, we know that each ice cream cost $5, but since we're paying for the ice cream, we would subtract that from our starting value. This means that our change would be -5, since we are taking away $5 each time we buy ice cream.

Your equation should look like this:

y = -5x + 30

The equation above would be the equation for your question.

We would do nothing to x but just leave it as is, since we don't know how many ice creams you're going to buy.

y = -5x + 30 should be your FINAL answer.

I hope this helps!

Best regards, MasterInvestor