Nina is saving up to purchase a new phone. The new phone costs $499. Nina received $100 for her birthday and plans to put that towards the new phone. To save the rest of the money, Nina plans to put aside $50 per week until she has saved enough to purchase the phone.

Write an equation that represents Nina's savings towards earning her new phone. Use w to represent the number of weeks.

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Responses

100w+50=499
100 w plus 50 is equal to 499

50w−100=499
50 w minus 100 is equal to 499

50w+100=499
50 w plus 100 is equal to 499

50w=499

1 answer

The correct equation that represents Nina's savings towards earning her new phone is:

50w + 100 = 499

This equation reflects that Nina starts with $100 from her birthday and saves $50 each week (represented by \( w \)), and she is aiming to reach a total of $499 to purchase the phone.