Question

Theo’s little brother currently has $2.52 in his piggy bank. Theo starts putting 10 cents into his brother’s piggy bank each night. Assuming no other money is added to the piggy bank, write the equation of a linear function that models the relationship between number of days and total amount of money in Theo’s little brother’s piggy bank. Enter your answer in y=mx+b form with any rational numbers written in decimal form.(1 point)

Answer 1

The linear function that models the relationship between number of days (x) and total amount of money (y) in Theo's little brother's piggy bank is:

y = 0.10x + 2.52