Christine (c) and ty (t) save quarters Ina jar together. the jar had $28 in it then Christine put in C quarter and ty put in T quarters which expression can be used to represent the amount of money in the bank now

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Initially, the jar has $28, which is equivalent to 28 * 4 = 112 quarters (because each dollar is made up of 4 quarters).

Let \( C \) be the number of quarters Christine added, and \( T \) be the number of quarters Ty added.

The new amount of quarters in the jar after both contributions would be:

\[ 112 + C + T \]

To convert this back into dollars, we divide by 4 (since there are 4 quarters in a dollar):

\[ \frac{112 + C + T}{4} \]

Now, adding this to the initial $28, the total amount of money in the jar now, \( M \), can be represented as:

\[ M = 28 + \frac{C + T}{4} \]

Thus, the expression that represents the amount of money in the jar now is:

\[ 28 + \frac{C + T}{4} \]