Fill in the blanks to write the equation that corresponds with the scenario:

Question

Tessa received $50 from her grandma for her birthday. She decided to put this money away and save an additional $12 per week so she can buy a $398 tablet. Let x represent the number of weeks Tessa saved her money.

(3 points)

__ x+ __ = __

Answer 1

To represent Tessa's savings over time, we can break down her total savings into two parts: the initial amount she received from her grandma and the amount she saves weekly.

1. Tessa received $50 from her grandma.
2. She saves an additional $12 per week, which can be represented as 12x for x weeks.

Now we set up the equation based on her goal to have $398 for the tablet:

Total savings (initial amount + savings over weeks) = Cost of the tablet

So the equation will be:

50 + 12x = 398

Now we can fill in the blanks accordingly:

50 + 12x = 398