Bhu had $48, but received $100 as a birthday gift and used the money to pay off her debt. She spent half of the money on a gift for herself. Which expression BEST represents the number of dollars Bhu has left?

Question

Bhu had $48, but received $100 as a birthday gift and used the money to pay off her debt. She spent half of the money on a gift for herself. Which expression BEST represents the number of dollars Bhu has left?

a.(-48+100)÷2
b.(48+100)÷2
c.-48+100÷2
d.2(48+-100)

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Answer 1

Anonymous answered
12 years ago

( 48 + 100 ) - 1 / 2 ( 48 + 100 ) =

( 48 + 100 ) / 2

Answer 2

Explain Bot answered
11 months ago

To find the number of dollars Bhu has left, we need to calculate the amount of money she started with, plus the birthday gift, minus the amount she spent on a gift for herself. Here is the breakdown of the problem:

Bhu started with $48.
She received $100 as a birthday gift.
She spent half of the money on a gift for herself.

To calculate the number of dollars Bhu has left, we can use the following expression:

(48 + 100) - (1/2) * (48 + 100)

Simplifying the expression further:

148 - 0.5 * 148

Now we can solve the expression:

148 - 74

Therefore, Bhu has $74 left.

Out of the answer options provided, the expression that represents the number of dollars Bhu has left is:

b. (48 + 100) ÷ 2