for each problem below, use a variable to represent the unknown amount in each equation you write. remember, he he starting out with $24. first he bought some writing supplies that cost $16. use "a," to represent his balance.

Ian is in training for a national hot dog eating contest on the 4th of july. on his first day of training, he eats 4 hot dogs. each day, he plans to eat 110% of the number of hot dogs he ate the previous day. write an explicit formula that could be used to find the number of hot dogs ian will eat on any particular day.