Question

Each week Zoe's parents give her an allowance of $10. Zoe has the opportunity to earn additional money each week by completing tasks that are outside of her regular chores. She can earn an additional $5 for each of the tasks that she completes. Which algebraic expression describes how much she has the potential to earn each week?

A)10t+5t
B)10t+5
C)10(5t)
D)10+5t
C)5(10t)

Answer 1

Answer: d) 10+5t because 10 is the constant, she will get that no matter what but the 5 is dependent on the amount of extra chores she does

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer: D.
`10+5t`

Explanation:

Given : Each week Zoe's parents give her an allowance of $10.

She can earn an additional $5 for each of the tasks that she completes.

Let 't' denotes the number of tasks that she completes.

Then, the expression for money earned by completing the tasks :

`5* t=5t`

Now, the algebraic expression describes how much she has the potential to earn each week :-

`10+5t`