Kaylee opens a savings account with 50 dollars she got for her graduation. Every month, Kaylee adds 25 dollars to the account. Represent this situation with a table, a graph, and an equation.

Question

Let’s start by representing this situation with a table. Start by finding the amount in the savings account after 0, 1, 2, and 3 months.
Time in months Dollars in the savings account
0
1
2
3

Answer 1

To create a table representing the amount in Kaylee's savings account after 0, 1, 2, and 3 months, we can start by noting the initial amount and the additional amount she adds each month.

Table Representation:

| Time in months | Dollars in the savings account | |----------------|-------------------------------| | 0 | 50 | | 1 | 50 + 25(1) = 75 | | 2 | 50 + 25(2) = 100 | | 3 | 50 + 25(3) = 125 |

Completed Table:

| Time in months | Dollars in the savings account | |----------------|-------------------------------| | 0 | 50 | | 1 | 75 | | 2 | 100 | | 3 | 125 |

Now that we've created the table, we can move on to the graph and the equation representing this situation.

The account can be described by the equation: \[ \text{Dollars in the savings account} = 50 + 25 \times t \] where \( t \) is the number of months.