Jane has $100 and Ellis has $75. Jane is saving $5 per day and Ellis is saving $7
per day.
(4 points)
A. What equation represents how much money Jane will have in total after saving for d
days?
B. What equation represents how much money Ellis will have in total after saving for d
days?
C. What equation would be used to find out how many days it will take for Jane and
Ellis to have the same amount of money saved?
D. After the amount of time found above, how much will Jane and Ellis each have
saved?
Word Bank:
y=5d+100
5d+100=7d+75
$175
y=100d+5
$325.50
y=7d+100
y=7d+75
7d+5d=100+75
$275
100d+5=75d+7
$15
y=75d+7
y=5d+75
y=100d+75
$162.50
A. The equation representing how much money Jane will have in total after saving for d days is: y=5d+100
B. The equation representing how much money Ellis will have in total after saving for d days is: y=7d+75
C. The equation used to find out how many days it will take for Jane and Ellis to have the same amount of money saved is: 5d+100=7d+75
D. After solving for d in the equation above (d=15), Jane and Ellis will each have saved $275.