Dominique is saving up money to buy herself a bunk bed that costs $422. Dominique already has $78 saved up, but she wants to make a plan to save the rest of the money she needs. She wants to save the same amount of money, x, for 8 months. Write and solve

The equation to solve this problem is: 78 + 8x = 422 Explanation: We know that Dominique wants to save the same amount of money, x, for 8 months. Therefore, the total amount of money she will save during those 8 months will be 8x. We also know that Dominique already has $78 saved up, so if we add that to the total amount she will save during the next 8 months, we should get the total cost of the bunk bed, which is $422. Therefore, we can write the equation as: 78 + 8x = 422 To solve for x, we can start by subtracting 78 on both sides to isolate the term with x: 8x = 344 Then we can divide both sides by 8: x = 43 So Dominique must save $43 each month for the next 8 months in order to have enough money to buy the bunk bed.