A student is saving money in a bank account to buy a computer. The function f (w) = 35w + 10 represents the total amount of money, f , in dollars, in the student's account w weeks after the student started saving for the computer. What does the number 10 in the function represent in this context?

The number 10 in the function represents the initial amount of money the student had in the bank account when they started saving for the computer.