Question
Your bank account balance is -$6.55. You deposit $1.75. What is your new balance? Explain how you calculated the new balance.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To find the new balance after depositing $1.75 into your bank account, you need to add the deposit amount to your current balance.
1. Start with the current balance: -$6.55
2. Add the deposit amount: -$6.55 + $1.75
To perform the addition, you can think of it as:
- Convert the deposit into a negative number in order to add:
-$6.55 + $1.75 is the same as -$6.55 + (+1.75)
- Calculate it step by step:
- First, you can combine the amounts:
- $1.75 - $6.55 = -$4.80
So your new balance after the deposit is **-$4.80**.
This means that after depositing $1.75, your account is still in the negative, but you've reduced the overdraft amount from $6.55 to $4.80.
1. Start with the current balance: -$6.55
2. Add the deposit amount: -$6.55 + $1.75
To perform the addition, you can think of it as:
- Convert the deposit into a negative number in order to add:
-$6.55 + $1.75 is the same as -$6.55 + (+1.75)
- Calculate it step by step:
- First, you can combine the amounts:
- $1.75 - $6.55 = -$4.80
So your new balance after the deposit is **-$4.80**.
This means that after depositing $1.75, your account is still in the negative, but you've reduced the overdraft amount from $6.55 to $4.80.