Jane is saving up to purchase her first bicycle. The new bike costs $185. Jane got $50 for her birthday and plans to put that towards the bicycle. To save the rest of the money, Jane plans to put asides an additional $15 per week until she has saved enough to purchase the bicycle. Write an equation that represents Jane’s savings towards earning her bicycle. Use w to represent the number of weeks.(1 point)

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50w+15=185

15w−50=185

15w=185

15w+50=185

Answer 1

To represent Jane's savings towards earning her bicycle, we can start with the amount she already has saved ($50) and add the amount she plans to save each week ($15 per week times the number of weeks, denoted as \( w \)).

The total savings after \( w \) weeks can be represented as:

\[ 50 + 15w \]

This total savings needs to equal the cost of the bicycle ($185). So, the equation we want is:

\[ 50 + 15w = 185 \]

Therefore, the correct response is:

15w + 50 = 185