Question

Word Problem: The company For The Ocean has already cleared the earth's oceans of 125 million pounds of trash. They are committed to picking up exactly 550 pounds of trash per day. Write an equation to represent total "p" pounds of trash removed as a function of number of "d" days passed.

Answer 1

The equation to represent total "p" pounds of trash removed as a function of the number of "d" days passed is:

p = 550d + 125,000,000