Iris wants to start saving money for new headphones. She starts with $44 already saved and decides to save an additional $15 per week. Write an equation that represents the total amount she has saved.

Question

Use  x
  to represent the number of weeks and  y
  to represent the total amount she has saved.

GPT-4o mini · Answer

To represent the total amount Iris has saved, we can use the equation:

\[ y = 44 + 15x \]

In this equation:

$ y $ represents the total amount saved.
$ 44 $ is the amount she has already saved.
$ 15 $ is the amount she saves each week.
$ x $ represents the number of weeks.