You have p

Question

dollars in your piggy bank. You spent $13.32 to buy a toy, leaving you with $25.70. Which equation should be used to determine the amount of money you had in your piggy bank before buying the toy? How much money was in the piggy bank?

Answer 1

To find the amount of money you had in your piggy bank before buying the toy, you can set up the following equation:

Let \( p \) be the amount of money you had in your piggy bank before buying the toy.

After spending $13.32, you are left with $25.70. The relationship can be expressed as:

\[ p - 13.32 = 25.70 \]

To solve for \( p \), you can add $13.32 to both sides of the equation:

\[ p = 25.70 + 13.32 \]

Now, perform the addition:

\[ p = 39.02 \]

So, the amount of money you had in your piggy bank before buying the toy was $39.02.