Jada earns $7 per hour mowing her neighbors’ lawns. Identify the independent variable in this situation, and write the letter that you would like to use to represent it. And Identify the dependent variable and write the letter that you would like to use to represent it.

the first one, all those points on the line just make a strait line.

let x be the money she spent so that she can earn the free t-shirt.

since, she already spent $112.49

⇒

also, as per the statement: jennifer must spend $250 or more in order to qualify for a free t-shirt at the store.

then,

we have an inequality i.,e

subtract 112.49 from both sides we get;

therefore, $137. 51 more money does jennifer need to spend so that she can earn the free t-shirt