Bill earned $12 walking his neighbors' dogs on Saturday. He earned some extra money on Sunday doing the same thing. Write an exp
ression with a variable that shows the total amount of money Bill earned Saturday and Sunday. Part B: Bill was able to walk 2 more than twice as many dogs as his friend Steve. Write an algebraic expression to represent the number of dogs Bill walked compared with Steve.
Answer: Part A: 12 + X Part B: 25 + 2 Step-by-step explanation: First thing you need to know is the difference between an expression and an equation. An expression does not have an equal sign, while an equation does. To write an expression for Part A, first write the 12 (the amount he got on Saturday). Then, we need to write the addition sign (to find the total amount Bill earned). We don't know how much Bill earned on Sunday, so use any variable (I used x). Because we're writing an expression, do not write an equal sign. To write an expression for Part B, first write the amount of dogs his friend Steve walked using a variable because we don't know that number (I used the variable s). Then, since Bill walked 2 more than twice as many dogs Steve walked, write the s multiplied by the 2 or just 2s. Now add the addition sign (to find the total amount Bill walked). Add a 2 because Bill walked 2 more dogs than twice as many Steves walked.
Y = mx+b (slope intercept form). I imagine the point is (2,2) and m = 0. So the answer is y = 2. A sketch would be a horizontal line on the x-y plane going through (2,2).
