Question

GUCTION

You had a credit card balance of $186, then you purchased books for $174, CDs for $35, and a pair of shoes for $99 with the credit card. You then made a payment to
the credit card company of $406. Find your new credit card balance.

Answer 1

$284 would be the new balance.

Explanation:

186 - 174 - 35 - 99 + 406= 284

Answer 2

The new credit card balance is $88

Explanation:

The balance of a credit card is what we owe to the credit card company.

Therefore to get the new balance we start with the given previous balance of $186 and then we add to it the value of items you purchased (Books: $174, CDs: $35, shoes $99) and then you subtract the payment of $406 that you did to the company:

`\$186+\$174+\$35+\$99-\$406=\$88`

Therefore, you now owe to the credit card company $88 that is the new balance.