Question

You made two deposits to your bank account this month. One deposit was $14.76, and the second deposit was $12.38. Your balance at the end of the month is $62.31, and you made no withdrawals. Write and evaluate an expression for your balance at the beginning of the month.

Answer 1

To write an expression for the balance at the beginning of the month, we need to subtract the total amount of the deposits from the balance at the end of the month.

First, we'll find the total amount of the deposits by adding the amounts together:

$14.76 + $12.38 = $27.14.

Next, we'll subtract this total amount from the balance at the end of the month to find the balance at the beginning of the month:

$62.31 - $27.14 = $35.17.

The expression for the balance at the beginning of the month is $35.17.