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Modeling with Algebra Tiles

Romeo added 5 dollars to his bank account.
Use Algebra tiles to represent the expression.
We don't know how much money is in his bank account, so that's going to be represented as a _. Let's use the variable x. Use an x tile to represent the money Romeo started with.
Since we're adding 5 dollars, we'll add 5 positive integer tiles.
If we add 5 dollars to his existing account, we have the expression _.

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We don't know how much money is in his bank account, so that's going to be represented as a **variable**. Let's use the variable x. Use an x tile to represent the money Romeo started with.

Since we're adding 5 dollars, we'll add 5 positive integer tiles.

If we add 5 dollars to his existing account, we have the expression **x + 5**.