Question

Which equation can be used to find the answer?



After two months, Rachel has saved enough money to buy an MP3 player. During the second month, she saved $87 and she pays $199 for the MP3 player. How much did Rachel save during the first month?









A.

m = 87 • 2
m = 174
$174








B.

199 + 87 = m
m = 286
$286








C.

m + 87 = 199
m = 112
$112








D.

m – 87 = 199
m = 287
$287

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

Rachel saves an unknown amount (m) of money the first month. The second month she saves another 87$.

This gives us a total of:
m + 87

Later she uses all that money to buy a 199$ mp3. This also means that the total amount of money she saved in those two months was 199$, which is equal to m + 87$.

Thus the equation should be
m + 87 = 199
m = 112$