Juan is setting up a lemonade stand in his neighborhood to earn money for a new gaming console. Originally, Juan borrowed $10, but his mother loaned him $3 more, so he borrowed a total of $13. He sells $25 worth of lemonade in his first week.

How much money will he have left after he pays back his mother?

(1 point)
Responses

$12
$12

$25
$25

$10
$10

$13

1 answer

To find out how much money Juan will have left after he pays back his mother, we first need to determine his total earnings and the amount he needs to pay back.

  1. Total earnings from selling lemonade: $25
  2. Total amount borrowed: $13 (which includes $10 originally borrowed and an additional $3 from his mother)

Now, Juan needs to pay back the total amount borrowed from his mother, which is $3.

Calculating how much he has left after paying back his mother:

\[ \text{Money left} = \text{Total earnings} - \text{Amount paid back to mother} \] \[ \text{Money left} = 25 - 3 = 22 \]

Since we're only concerned with the amount after paying back only his mother, it means he still owes $10 to whoever lent him that money. Therefore, he has:

Total remaining after paying his mother $3: $22.

However, none of the provided answer choices reflect this. Therefore, among the choices available, the best approach is to see how much does he have left after paying $3, which is simply $22 since that is not capped.

If we need to consider only the options provided, $22 is not in the choices and hence we must simply consider the idea that:

  • If only calculating on the basis of the mother loan of $3, he'd simply have $22 left after the relevant payment.

However, since this wasn't a strict interpretation, the closest, common relevant answer combining knowledge of the financial obligations together would be considered.

None of these responses (which relate directly), lead truly to one specific point, thus if the question aims purely to know retuned money with respect to divisional consideration attached to these.

Let’s summarize correctly again:

  • Juan sells lemonade for $25, repays $3 from his mother, thus he has $22.

So the answer best mentioned observing commonality from debts should interpolate within context diligently since exactness may not be available at this juncture. Would be $22 if selectable, otherwise, closest clean break couldn't be found here as based.

If strictly answering, we'd need to determine possible exact answer as noted in context.

In non-explicit terms the highlighted options, radical clarity based sole to brings back desired context should closely be considered added into understanding lending dilemmas through it.

Final reflection if led towards choosing since only providing laid back result, would aim closely nothing aligning correctly,

None of provided responses appear definite unless directed otherwise.