Maria opens up a saving account with $50 and each week she saves $19. How many week until her bank has $259. Write the equation as a px+p=r. pls

Answer 1

To find out how many weeks it will take for Maria's savings to reach $259, we can set up an equation based on the information provided.

Let $x$ represent the number of weeks.

Maria starts with $50 and saves $19 each week. Therefore, the total amount of money in her savings account after $x$ weeks can be expressed as:

$$50+19x$$

We want this amount to equal $259, so we can set up the equation:

$$50+19x=259$$

To rewrite this in the form $px+p=r$, we can rearrange it:

1. Subtract 50 from both sides:

$$19x=259-50$$ $$19x=209$$

Thus, we can express it as:

$$19x+50=259$$

Here, $p=19$ and $r=259$.

So the equation in the desired form is:

$$19x+50=259$$

Next, to find how many weeks it takes for her savings to reach $259, we simply solve for $x$:

$$19x=209$$ $$x=\frac{209}{19}$$ $$x=11$$

So, it will take Maria 11 weeks to save up to $259.