Question

Scott's baseball team is raising money to buy new equipment. The team has raised money by taking donations and by having a car wash. The team earned $48.90 from washing cars. Overall, they raised a total of $95.65.
Let d represent how much money the team received from donations. Which equation models the problem?
Solve this equation to find how much money the team received from donations.

Answer 1

Let d be the donations. The equation is:

d + 48.90 = 95.65

Solve for d:

d = 95.65 − 48.90 = 46.75

So the team received $46.75 in donations.