A new bakery opened and has tracked it expenses and income for the first month. This data is summarized in the table below.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Expenses
$410.50
$510.70
$605.36
$475.35
Income
$1525.24
$1765.67
$2005.08
$1709.65
If the bakery predicts that future months will have similar expenses and income, write an equation that could be
used to determine how many months it will take the bakery to have a total income that is $20,000 more than its
total expenses. Use the variable m for the number of months and select the items from the bank to fill in the blanks
(terms to the boxes and symbols to the circles).
4m
5m
2000m
7000m
20,000m
4
5
2000
7000
20,000
How many months does it take the income to be $20,000 more than the expenses?
m =