Jerrell made $24 babysitting his cousins Saturday night. This is $7 more than he made babysitting Friday night. How much money did Jerrell make babysitting on Friday night? Write and solve an equation to find the answer
Let's represent the amount of money Jerrell made babysitting on Friday night as "x". We know that he made $7 more on Saturday night, so on Saturday night he made x + $7.
According to the information given, Jerrell made $24 babysitting on Saturday night. So we can write the equation:
x + $7 = $24
To solve for x, we need to isolate it. We can do this by subtracting $7 from both sides of the equation:
x + $7 - $7 = $24 - $7
x = $17
Therefore, Jerrell made $17 babysitting on Friday night.