Your parents gave you $314

Question

to spend on a weeklong school trip. You have budgeted $25
per day for snacks and souveniors.

Complete the equations to represent the 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.

(2 points)
y = __x + __

Answer 1

To represent the situation where you have a budget of $314 and you spend $25 per day, you can set up the equation as follows:

1. Your total budget is $314.
2. You spend $25 per day, which is represented by the term \( -25x \) (since spending reduces your total amount).
3. The equation for your remaining money after \( x \) days would therefore be:

\[ y = -25x + 314 \]

So to complete the equation in the format y = __x + __:

• The coefficient of \( x \) is -25.
• The constant is 314.

Thus, the completed equation is:

y = -25x + 314