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In Mathematics / Middle School | 2014-11-17

Jeremy mowed several lawns to earn money for his camp. After he paid $17 for gas, he had $75 left over to pay towards camp. Write and solve an equation to find how much money Jeremy earned mowing lawns.

Asked by solorioj104

Answer (3)

so Jeremy had x amount of money to begin with he then spent $17 and was left with $75 to spend for camp so x-17=75 add 17 to both sides x=92
congrats, you're doing algebra

Answered by apologiabiology | 2024-06-10

Add $17 to $75 and that equals $92. :)

Answered by gontan994 | 2024-06-10

Jeremy earned a total of $92 mowing lawns. This was calculated by setting up the equation x − 17 = 75 , where x is the total money earned. By solving this equation, we found x = 92 .
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Answered by apologiabiology | 2024-12-13