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 go put asides an additional $15 per week until she has saved enough to purchase the bicycle write an equation that represents janes saving towards earning her bicycle use w to represent the number of weeks

Question

15w = 185
15w + 50 = 185
15w - 50 = 185
50w + 15 = 185

Answer 1

To represent Jane's savings towards earning her bicycle, we can start with the total cost of the bike, which is $185. Jane has already received $50 for her birthday that she will put towards the bike. She plans to save an additional $15 each week until she can afford the bike.

Let \( w \) represent the number of weeks. The total amount Jane will save after \( w \) weeks can be represented as \( 15w + 50 \).

To write the equation that represents her savings equaling the cost of the bike, we set this expression equal to the total cost of the bike:

\[ 15w + 50 = 185 \]

So, the correct equation is:

15w + 50 = 185