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Amy loaned \$5$5dollar sign, 5 to each of 202020 people. She recorded each loan by writing -\$5−$5minus, dollar sign, 5 in her bank book.What is the total change in the amount of money Amy had before the loans?

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$5 to each of 20 people comes out to $100 deducted from the beginning account balance.

You could express this as -$100.
User Guillem Vicens
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the answer is $-100. the reason why it is -100 is because -5*20= -100
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