Question

John has $2 in his bank account when he gets a job. He begins making $107 a day. A student found that the equation that represents this situation is

y = 2x + 107. What is wrong with the student's equation? Describe and correct the student's error.

Answer 1

That equation means that John started with $107 in his bank account and is making $2 dollars a day. The correct equation is y=107x+2.