Question

Your parents gave you 250
to spend on a weeklong school trip. You have budgeted 20
per day for snacks and souvenirs.
Complete the equation to represent this situation, where y
is the amount of spending money you have left in your budget and x
is the number of days you have been on the trip.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

To create the equation representing the situation, we need to account for the total amount of spending money initially available and the amount spent each day.

1. Initial amount of spending money: \(250\)
2. Amount spent per day: \(20\)
3. Number of days spent on the trip: \(x\)
4. Amount of spending money left: \(y\)

You start with \(250\) and for each day \(x\), you spend \(20\). The total amount spent after \(x\) days is \(20x\).

The equation representing this situation can be expressed as:

\[
y = 250 - 20x
\]

Where:
- \(y\) is the amount of spending money you have left,
- \(x\) is the number of days you have been on the trip.

Answer 3

Let's carefully construct the equation based on the details provided.

You start with $250 for a weeklong school trip, and you budget $20 per day for snacks and souvenirs.

1. **Initial total amount of spending money**: 250 dollars.
2. **Amount spent per day for snacks and souvenirs**: 20 dollars.
3. **Number of days on the trip**: \( x \).

After spending $20 each day for \( x \) days, the total amount spent will be \( 20x \).

To find out how much money you have left, we subtract the total amount spent from the initial amount:

\[
y = 250 - 20x
\]

This equation is correct in representing the situation as follows:
- \( y \) is the amount of spending money left.
- \( x \) is the number of days you have been on the trip.

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