Question

John and Clay started a dog-walking business in their neighborhoods to earn money to go on a trip at the end of the summer. John earns $10 per walk for each dog. Clay earns $12 per walk for each dog in his neighborhood. John and Clay walked the same number of dogs by the end of the month. Each of their parents also gave the boys an extra $50 to help them with their trip.
a Write 2 expressions that could be used to determine the total amount of money the boys earned by the end of the month.

b What does the variable represent in each expression?

c John and Clay walked 20 do

Answer 1

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Answer 2

So you need to do all 3 of those right?

Answer 3

Oh okay

Answer 4

yes ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Answer 5

C dosent make sense ;-;

Answer 6

ok ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Answer 7

wat heer i kinda mested this up

Answer 8

John and Clay started a dog-walking business in their neighborhoods to earn money to go on a trip at the end of the summer. John earns $10 per walk for each dog. Clay earns $12 per walk for each dog in his neighborhood. John and Clay walked the same number of dogs by the end of the month. Each of their parents also gave the boys an extra $50 to help them with their trip.
(a) Write 2 expressions that could be used to determine the total amount of money the boys earned by the end of the month.

(b) What does the variable represent in each expression?

(c) John and Clay walked 20 dogs each by the end of the month. Use your expressions to calculate how much each boy earned that month and show your work.

John:

Clay:

(d) They need $600 combined for their trip. Do they have enough money for their trip? If not, how many more dogs would each boy need to walk in order to earn enough for the trip? Show or explain your work.