Question

Mario spent a total of $87.33 last week, but did not keep a perfect record of where his money went. Fortunately, Mario does have all but one of his receipts. He enters all of the information he has into his expense spreadsheet as show below.

Transactions
Oil change $18.95
Gas in car $20.50
Lunch out $12.68
Golfing
Total spent $87.33

How much did Mario spent on golfing?
A. $35.20
B. $45.20
C. $47.88
D. $143.96

Answer 1

Mario spent $35.20 on golfing.

Explanation:

Mario spent last week total = $87.33

As per records of all of his receipts that he has, the transactions are as below:

Oil change = $18.95

Gas in car = $20.50

Lunch out = $12.68

Golfing =

Total spent = $87.33

Now we add all the expenses that is shown above and subtract from total spent to know his golfing expense.

= 18.95 + 20.50 + 12.68 = $52.13

Total spent = 87.33 - 52.13 = $35.20

Therefore Mario spent $35.20 on golfing.

Answer 2

Right answer:

A. $35.20

The receipt Mario has here is a document showing all the information about the money he spent. He enters all of this information he has into his expense spreadsheet. An spreadsheet is a chart that is produced on a computer showing numbers in a way that makes them easy to compare. This spreadsheet is as follows:

Oil change $18.95

Gas in car $20.50

Lunch out $12.68

Golfing

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Total spent $87.33

To know how much Mario did spent on golfing, we compute the following:

Golfing = $87.33 - $18.95 - $20.50 - $12.68 = $35.20