After two weeks of hard work at Sweet Sundae Ice Cream Shop, Zack finally got his first paycheck! He deposited $120.00 into his savings account. Then, he put the remaining $56.74 into his checking account.

Let p represent how much money Zack got paid. Which equation models the problem?
p–120.00=56.74
p+56.74=120.00
Solve this equation to find how much money Zack got paid.

1 answer

To determine which equation models the problem, let's analyze the information given:

Zack deposited $120.00 into his savings account and $56.74 into his checking account. Therefore, the total amount of money he received from his paycheck (p) can be represented as:

\[ p = 120.00 + 56.74 \]

Now, simplifying the right side:

\[ p = 120.00 + 56.74 = 176.74 \]

So, the equation that models this problem is:

\[ p = 120.00 + 56.74 \]

However, if we were to represent this in another form related to the options you provided, we could rearrange it to:

\[ p - 120.00 = 56.74 \]

This aligns with the first equation you provided. So, the correct equation that models the problem is:

\[ p - 120.00 = 56.74 \]

Now, let's solve this equation to find how much money Zack got paid.

Starting with:

\[ p - 120.00 = 56.74 \]

Add 120.00 to both sides:

\[ p = 56.74 + 120.00 \]

Calculating the right side:

\[ p = 176.74 \]

Thus, Zack got paid $176.74.