on Saturdays, Jason, Mazard and washes cars. He charges $25 per yard and an additional cost for each car. He washes last Saturday Jason mowed 5 yards and wash 10 cards. He made a total of $225 and the equation 5(25) + 10x = 225 describes the amount of money he made yesterday. What does the variable X represent in the situation?

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on Saturdays, Jason, Mazard and washes cars. He charges $25 per yard and an additional cost for each car. He washes last Saturday Jason mowed 5 yards and wash 10 cards. He made a total of $225 and the equation 5(25) + 10x = 225 describes the amount of money he made yesterday. What does the variable X represent in the situation?
a the number of yards jason mowed
b the number of cars jason washed
c the amount jason charged for each hard mowed
d the amount jason charged for each car washed

GPT-4o mini · Answer

In the equation $5(25) + 10x = 225$, the term $10x$ represents the total amount Jason earned from washing cars. Since he washes cars and the coefficient of $x$ is 10, this means $x$ represents the amount he charges for each car washed. Therefore, the correct answer is: **d the amount jason charged for each car washed.**