Asked by p

Consider the following incomplete deposit ticket:
A deposit ticket. The amounts deposited were 491 dollars and 60 cents and 157 dollars and 68 cents. 68 dollars and 44 cents was taken out as cash. The total on the ticket is 686 dollars and 4 cents.
What was the value of the third check Tony deposited?
a.
$617.60
b.
$105.20
c.
$31.28
d.
$36.76

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Let the third check be x. Then

491.60 + 157.68 + x − 68.44 = 686.04.

So x = 686.04 + 68.44 − (491.60 + 157.68) = 754.48 − 649.28 = 105.20.

Answer: b. $105.20