Maria opens a savings account with $50 and then saves $19 each week. How many weeks will it take for her account to reach $259? Represent this problem with an equation in the form px+q=r .

Answer 1

Let x be the number of weeks that Maria saves money.
Since Maria saves $19 each week, the amount of money she saves after x weeks is 19x.
Maria's initial amount is $50, so her total savings after x weeks is 50 + 19x.
The equation that represents this is px + q = r, substituting the values we have: 19x + 50 = 259.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Apologies for the mistake. Let's correct the calculation:

50 + 19x = 259

Subtract 50 from both sides:

19x = 209

Divide both sides by 19:

x = 209 / 19

Using a calculator, we find that x ≈ 11.

Therefore, it will take Maria approximately 11 weeks for her account to reach $259.

Answer 4

Annette’s soccer team will play 15 games this season. That is 7 games fewer than 2 times the number of games they played last season. How many games did they play last season? Represent this problem with an equation in the form px+q=r

Answer 5

Let's represent the number of games they played last season as x.

According to the problem, the number of games they played this season is 7 games fewer than 2 times the number of games they played last season.

So, the equation representing this situation would be:

2x - 7 = 15

Therefore, the equation in the form px + q = r is:

2x - 7 = 15