Jenna is applying to The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. Jenna wants to achieve a minimum score on the SAT Reasoning Assessment to be a competitive applicant.
Jenna has earned a score of 980 on the SAT and has signed up for a test prep class to help her improve her score. The test prep company claims that each class she attends increases her score by 10 points.
Define the variable.
What is the unknown?
The variable can be defined as "x", representing the number of test prep classes Jenna attends.
The unknown in this scenario is Jenna's improved score on the SAT after attending a certain number of test prep classes.
The variable in this scenario is the number of test prep classes attended by Jenna.
The unknown is the number of test prep classes Jenna would need to attend in order to achieve her desired minimum score on the SAT Reasoning Assessment.