Question

jayden is planting flowers in the backyard. he has already planted 26 flowers, and wants to plant 7 flowers every day. for how many days does he need to plant flowers to plant exactly 54 flowers? let d be the number of days jayden plants flowers for. start by writing an expression that represents the number of flowers he plants.

Explanation:

Step1: Identify known quantities

Jayden already planted 26 flowers. He plants 7 flowers per day for \( d \) days.

Step2: Form the expression

The number of flowers planted in \( d \) days is \( 7d \). Adding the already planted flowers, the total number of flowers is \( 26 + 7d \).

Answer:

\( 26 + 7d \)