Question

mackenzie is saving up to buy a new jacket. she already has $15 and can save an additional $10 per week using money from her after school job. how much total money would mackenzie have after 8 weeks of saving? also, write an expression that represents the amount of money mackenzie would have saved in w weeks.

answer attempt 1 out of 2

total savings after 8 weeks:

total savings after w weeks:

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate savings from 8 weeks

$\$10 \times 8 = \$80$

Step2: Add initial savings to total

$\$15 + \$80 = \$95$

Step3: Generalize for w weeks

Let total savings be $S$. Initial amount is $\$15$, weekly savings is $\$10$.
$S = 15 + 10w$

Answer:

Total savings after 8 weeks: $\$95$
Total savings after $w$ weeks: $15 + 10w$