In this equation, the original deposit was 25 dollars. The equation shows how much total money was in the account every week. It is written in slope-intercept form, which is y=mx+b, where m is the slope (how much the account is increasing each week) and b is the y-intercept (what was in the account after 0 weeks). This means 25 dollars must be the initial deposit because it is the total before any new weekly deposits.
this is because if a=how much money deposited after t= depositing weekly and 16 is being multiplied by t. that leads me to believe she deposits $16 weekly. therefore, her original deposit was $25.
