Suppose you earned $15 from babysitting your neighbor. This increased your total cash balance to $58. How much money did you start with?
Let
represent the amount of money you start with.
Part I: Write an equation to describe the situation using the variable defined above.
The equation to describe the situation is: x + $15 = $58.
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Apologies for the previous response, it was incorrect.
Let's correct it.
Let x be the amount of money you start with.
The equation to describe the situation is: x + $15 = $58.
the variable is supposed to be m btw
Apologies for the confusion. Let's correct it again.
Let m be the amount of money you start with.
The equation to describe the situation is: m + $15 = $58.
Suppose you earned $15 from babysitting your neighbor. This increased your total cash balance to $58. How much money did you start with?
Let m represent the amount of money you start with.
Part II: Solve the equation you wrote in Part I. Show and/or explain your work.
Sure! Let's solve the equation we wrote in Part I:
m + $15 = $58
To solve for m, we need to isolate it on one side of the equation. We can do this by subtracting $15 from both sides of the equation:
m + $15 - $15 = $58 - $15
This simplifies to:
m = $43
Therefore, you initially started with $43.
Suppose you earned $15 from babysitting your neighbor. This increased your total cash balance to $58. How much money did you start with?
Let m represent the amount of money you start with.
Part III: Explain the meaning of your solution found in Part II.
In Part II, we found that the initial amount of money you started with was $43. This means that before you earned $15 from babysitting, you already had $43. When you earned an additional $15, your total cash balance increased to $58.
So, to recap, you initially had $43, and when you earned $15, your total cash balance became $58.