Cole buys a new laptop for $335. He makes a down payment of $50 and pays the rest in 6 equal monthly payments, p. What equation represents the relationship between the cost of the laptop and coles payments?

Why are both multiplication and addition used in the equation that represents coles monthly payments?

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Fuzzy

13 August, 07:26

Cole buys a new laptop for $335. He makes a down payment of $50 and pays the rest in 6 equal monthly payments, p. What equation represents the relationship between the cost of the laptop and coles payments?

Why are both multiplication and addition used in the equation that represents coles monthly payments?

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Jayvion Sutton · Answer 1

Answer: 50+6p=335

Step-by-step explanation:

you add 50$ because he had already paid that amount. you multiply to get the unknown value of the rest of the money he needs to pay. i am not really sure how to word it but ... yeah

50 + 6p=335

-50 - 50

6p=285

/6p / 6p

p=47.5