Mrs. Jones deducts $3 from each of her 5 children's allowances this week because they didn't finish their chores. They then received a total of $125 in allowance. a. 5(x - 3) = 125
b. 5x - 15 = 125
c. 5x - 3 = 125
d. 5x = 140
Solution:
Let x represent the allowance for each of Mrs. Jones children. Since she deducts $3 from each children because they didn't finish their chores, the allowance for each child becomes x - 3.
There are 5 children, hence the allowance for the 5 children would be:
5(x-3)
Since they received a total of $125 in allowance, hence:
