Williamston Daily is a new daily newspaper. When they first started printing three years ago they had 5900 home delivery subscribers. The number of subscribers increases by 66 every month. Write an equation that expresses the number of subscribers B in terms of n, the number of months the paper has been printed.
a.
B = 5900n + 66
c.
B = 66n + 5900
b.
B = 198n + 5900
d.
B = 66n + 3

Question

Williamston Daily is a new daily newspaper.  When they first started printing three years ago they had 5900 home delivery subscribers.  The number of subscribers increases by 66 every month.  Write an equation that expresses the number of subscribers B in terms of n, the number of months the paper has been printed.
a.
B =  5900n + 66
c.
B =  66n + 5900
b.
B =  198n + 5900
d.
B =  66n + 3

Vocaloid · Answer

Number of months is n
And the subscriber number increases by 66 per month. After 1 month they get 66 more subscribers, after 2 months they get 2*66 subscribers, etc. so naturally this implies that for n months they get 66n subscribers. Add this onto the 5900 they already had to complete the equation.