Brooklyn needs to earn $14 more dollars to have $32. How much money does Brooklyn have now?

Question

Identify the steps needed to write and solve an equation to solve the word problem. Select the three that apply.

(3 points)
Responses

The correct equation is 14 + m = 32.
The correct equation is 14 +  m  = 32.

To solve the equation, divide 14 on both sides.
To solve the equation, divide 14 on both sides.

The variable, m, is equal to the amount of money Brooklyn needs to earn.
The variable,  m , is equal to the amount of money Brooklyn needs to earn.

The variable, m, is equal to the amount of money Brooklyn has now.
The variable,  m , is equal to the amount of money Brooklyn has now.

To solve the equation, subtract 14 from both sides.
To solve the equation, subtract 14 from both sides.

The correct equation is 14m = 32.

Answer 1

To solve the problem step by step, let's identify the correct responses based on the word problem:

1. Brooklyn needs to earn $14 to have $32.

   • This can be set up as an equation. If we let \( m \) represent the amount of money Brooklyn has now, then we can express the total he will have after earning $14 as: \( m + 14 = 32 \). However, since the responses you provided used \( 14 + m = 32 \), that is also technically correct because addition is commutative.

2. To find the value of \( m \), we need to isolate it. The appropriate way to do this is:

   • To solve the equation, subtract 14 from both sides.

3. After subtracting, we will end up with:

   • \( m = 32 - 14 \)
   • This gives us \( m = 18 \), which means Brooklyn has $18 now.

Now let's select the correct responses:

• The correct equation is \( 14 + m = 32 \).
• The variable, \( m \), is equal to the amount of money Brooklyn has now.
• To solve the equation, subtract 14 from both sides.

So the correct responses are:

1. The correct equation is \( 14 + m = 32 \).
2. The variable, \( m \), is equal to the amount of money Brooklyn has now.
3. To solve the equation, subtract 14 from both sides.