Question

Before depositing her check, Mary's account balance was overdrawn by $64. That's it, it was -$64. After depositing her check, her account balance was $1327. Write an equation that will let you find the amount of Mary's paycheck

Answer 1

$1263

Explanation:

Given before depositing her paycheck Mary's account balance is $64 .

Also given that after depositing the paycheck the account balance is $1327.

Let the amount deposited by mary be x.

We know that Account balance after depositing = Account balance before deposit + The amount deposited.

$1327=x+$64

x=1327-64=$1263.

x=$1263.