Question

Ryan earns $20 for every lawn that he mows. Which equation can be used to find t, the total amount Ryan will earn after mowing n lawns?

Answer 1

Ryan earns $20 for every lawn that he mows.

Let t represents the total amount Ryan will earn.

Let n repreents the number of laws Ryan will mow.

So, the equation becomes

$t=20n$

For example:

How much Ryan will earn if he mows 5 lawns?

Let us substitute n = 5 into the equation

$\begin{gathered} t=20n \\ t=20(5) \\ t=\ 100 \end{gathered}$

Therefore, Ryan will earn $100 if he mows 5 lawns.