Amelia walks dogs and babysits to make money during the summer. This week, Amelia earned a total of $68.50. She earned $35.50 of that by babysitting.
Let w represent how much money Amelia earned walking dogs this week. Which equation models the problem?
Solve this equation to find how much money Amelia earned walking dogs this week.
$
the answer choices are
w-35.50=68.50
w+35.50=68.50

Question

Amelia walks dogs and babysits to make money during the summer. This week, Amelia earned a total of $68.50. She earned $35.50 of that by babysitting.
Let w represent how much money Amelia earned walking dogs this week. Which equation models the problem?
Solve this equation to find how much money Amelia earned walking dogs this week.
$
the answer choices are 
w-35.50=68.50
w+35.50=68.50

crispyrat · Answer

So, W is money earned by walking dogs. And the total amount of money they make. Would you add how much she made babysitting or would you minur how much they made babysitting to get that?

nightshade0773 · Answer

but it says Let w represent how much money Amelia earned walking dogs this week

crispyrat · Answer

ok? but to find the total would you add or minus?

nightshade0773 · Answer

idk T^T

crispyrat · Answer

i have 10 dollars and you have 5 the total is 15 did i add or minus?

nightshade0773 · Answer

add

NotLeah · Answer

You have to add the equation together to get the total amount. So to find the answer which one of the options is adding. The key word is in total

crispyrat · Answer

@nightshade0773 wrote:

add

theres your answer. the one with the addtion symbol