Suzi works as a nanny. She can spend $34 per outing on the children's food and activities. Today, Suzi spent $8 on lunch and $12 on movie tickets. How much more can she spend on this outing without having a negative balance?

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Responses

-$14
-$14

$54
$54

$14
$14

-$54

Answer 1

To determine how much more Suzi can spend on the outing, we need to calculate her total expenditure so far and subtract it from her total budget.

Suzi's total budget for the outing is $34.

She has already spent:

• $8 on lunch
• $12 on movie tickets

Total spent so far: \[ 8 + 12 = 20 \]

Now we subtract the total spent from her budget: \[ 34 - 20 = 14 \]

Thus, Suzi can spend an additional $14 without going over her budget.

The correct response is: $14