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.
Let's represent the number of weeks as x.
Maria saves $19 each week, so after x weeks, she will have saved a total of 19x dollars.
She begins with $50, so the equation representing her total savings after x weeks is:
19x + 50 = 259
To represent this problem with an equation, let's use M to represent the total amount in Maria's savings account and W to represent the number of weeks.
Since Maria opens the account with $50 and saves an additional $19 each week, we can express the equation as:
M = 50 + 19W
Where:
M = Total amount in Maria's savings account
W = Number of weeks
Now, we want to find the number of weeks it will take for Maria's account to reach $259. So we'll set up the equation as:
259 = 50 + 19W
This equation represents the situation where the total amount in Maria's savings account (M) is equal to $259, which is made up of the initial $50 plus $19 for each week (W).
Let x be the number of weeks it will take for Maria's account to reach $259.
Since Maria saves $19 each week, the total amount of money she saves in x weeks can be represented as 19x.
Adding her initial deposit of $50 to the total amount she saves gives us the equation:
50 + 19x = 259