Question 896533: Greg started with a certain number of quarters. He then decided on a number of quarters he would save each day. He added the quarters he saved to the amount with which he started. At the end of day 2, Greg had a total of 26 quarters saved. At the end of day 5, he had a total of 35 quarters saved.
How many did he start with?
What would the equation be to model the number of quarters he has saved y, after x days?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Greg started with a certain number of quarters. He then decided on a number of quarters he would save each day. He added the quarters he saved to the amount with which he started. At the end of day 2, Greg had a total of 26 quarters saved. At the end of day 5, he had a total of 35 quarters saved.
How many did he start with?
From day two to day 5, went from 26 to 35 quarters or 9 quarters in 3 days
Therefore he adds 3 quarters a day
Since he had 26 quarters on day two, he must have started with 20 quarters
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What would the equation be to model the number of quarters he has saved y, after x days?
y = 3x + 20 would be the equation
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