A woman bought a new color television with a $40 down payment and 16 monthly pay-
ments of $20 each. What was the total cost
of the television?
18-A $450
18-B $360
18-C $320
18-D
$280

Kendra had twice as much money as kareem. kendra later spent $8 and kareem earned $6. by then, the two had the same amount of money. how much money did each have originally?

Raymond just got done jumping at super bounce trampoline center. the total cost of his session was $43.25 . he had to pay a $7 entrance fee and $1.25 for every minute he was on the trampoline. write an equation to determine the number of minutes (t) that raymond was on the trampoline.

How can writing phrases as algebraic expressions you solve problems?