Question

You have P dollars in your piggy bank. You spend $13.32 to buy a toy leaving you with $25.70 which equation should be used to determine the amount of money you had in your piggy bank before by the toy. How much money was in the piggy bank

Answer 1

Let's denote the amount of money in the piggy bank before buying the toy as X dollars.

The equation that should be used to determine the amount of money in the piggy bank before buying the toy is:

X - 13.32 = 25.70.

To find the amount of money in the piggy bank, we solve the equation for X:

X = 25.70 + 13.32.

X = 39.02.

Therefore, there was $39.02 in the piggy bank before buying the toy.