{"id":271846,"date":"2025-07-26T07:43:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T07:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=271846"},"modified":"2025-07-26T07:43:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T07:43:14","slug":"you-started-this-year-with-281-saved-and-you-continue-to-save-an-additional-29-per-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/26\/you-started-this-year-with-281-saved-and-you-continue-to-save-an-additional-29-per-month\/","title":{"rendered":"You started this year with $281 saved and you continue to save an additional $29 per month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You started this year with $281 saved and you continue to save an additional $29 per month. Write an algebraic expression to represent the total amount of money saved after m months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To represent the total amount of money saved after <em>m<\/em> months, the algebraic expression would be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Total savings = 281 + 29m<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Explanation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>$281<\/strong> represents the initial amount of money saved at the start of the year. This is a fixed value, so it does not change as time passes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>$29 per month<\/strong> is the amount added to the savings each month. This amount is variable, meaning it depends on how many months have passed. If you save for <em>m<\/em> months, the total amount saved from these monthly contributions is <strong>29m<\/strong>. The &#8220;m&#8221; represents the number of months, and multiplying it by 29 gives the total amount saved after <em>m<\/em> months.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the total savings is the sum of the initial $281 and the amount saved over <em>m<\/em> months, which is represented by <strong>29m<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>After 1 month, the total savings would be:<br><strong>281 + 29(1) = 310<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After 3 months, the total savings would be:<br><strong>281 + 29(3) = 368<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After 6 months, the total savings would be:<br><strong>281 + 29(6) = 424<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In general, this expression allows you to calculate the total savings at any given time, depending on how many months have passed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You started this year with $281 saved and you continue to save an additional $29 per month. Write an algebraic expression to represent the total amount of money saved after m months. 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