Question

amits bank charges a $5.75 fee every month that his account balance is below a certain amount. Amit writes the equation (-5.75)×7=40.25 to represent how much his account balance changes after 7 months of fees.is Amits reasoning correct?explain

Answer 1

Amits reasoning is not correct.  After 7 months of fees, he would have a negative representation.  If there are 7 groups of -$5.75, than the answer would still be negative in the end.  They are all negative.

Answer 2

No, Amit's reasoning is not correct.

Explanation:

We are given that:

Amit's bank charges a $5.75 fee every month that his account balance is below a certain amount.

we have to determine how much his account balance changes after 7 month of fees

Fees of 1 month=$5.75

Fees of 7 months will be:

(5.75)×7=40.25

Hence, Amit's reasoning was incorrect as he applied a minus sign with 5.75