Owen receives $10 and puts it into his savings account. He adds $0.50 to the account each day for a number of days, d, after that. He writes the expression 10+0.5 (d-1) to find the amount of money in his account after d days. Which statement about his expression is true?

A) It is the product of the initial amount and the additional amount after d days.

B) It is the sum of the initial amount and the number of days, d.

C) It is the difference between the initial amount and the additional amount after d days.

D) It is the sum of the initial amount and the additional amount after d days.

Question

Mollie Rowe

Mathematics

8 June, 03:47

Owen receives $10 and puts it into his savings account. He adds $0.50 to the account each day for a number of days, d, after that. He writes the expression 10+0.5 (d-1) to find the amount of money in his account after d days. Which statement about his expression is true?

A) It is the product of the initial amount and the additional amount after d days.

B) It is the sum of the initial amount and the number of days, d.

C) It is the difference between the initial amount and the additional amount after d days.

D) It is the sum of the initial amount and the additional amount after d days.

+1

Answers (2)

Know the Answer?

Julianne Anderson · Answer 1

D) It is the sum of the initial amount and the additional amount after d days.

He is adding them together to find the sum, not multiplying them together to find the product.

Xzavier Humphrey · Answer 2

It is the sum of the initial amount and the additional amount after d days.