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7.1A Sharon Rice's monthly credit card statement has a previous balance of $307.85. It shows that Sharon made a $35.00 payment. This month, Sharon made two new purchases, $24.59 and $42.61. The account posted a $21.75 credit for a returned item and a finance charge is $6.78. What is the new balance? 7.1B Shannon Rice made three new purchases this month, $25.00, $35.65, and $23.85. She made a $50.00 payment. She had a finance charge of $4.50. If her new balance is $145.56, what was her previous balance? 7.1C Shaun Rice reviewed his credit card's monthly statement. It shows a this month's new purchases of $875.22 and $65.75.It also shows a $875.22 credit and a $45.30 finance charge. He also made the minimum payment of 2.5% of the previous balance. The new balance is $2494.20 What was the previous balance?

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To find the new balance, add or subtract the various transactions from the previous balance. For Shaun Rice, we determine the previous balance by understanding the minimum payment is 2.5% of that previous balance.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the new balance, we need to start with the previous balance and add or subtract the various transactions.

Given:

Previous balance = $307.85

Payment = -$35.00

New purchases = $24.59 + $42.61

Returned item credit = $21.75

Finance charge = $6.78

Calculating the new balance:

New balance = Previous balance + Payment + New purchases + Returned item credit + Finance charge

New balance = $307.85 - $35.00 + $24.59 + $42.61 + $21.75 + $6.78

New balance = $307.85 - $35.00 + $24.59 + $42.61 + $21.75 + $6.78

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New balance = $307.85 + (-$35.00) + $24.59 + $42.61 + $21.75 + $6.78

New balance = $344.80 + $24.59 + $42.61 + $21.75 + $6.78

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New balance = $344.80 + $24.59 + $42.61 + $21.75 + $6.78

New balance = $444.33
To calculate the new balance on Sharon Rice's credit card, we need to consider the previous balance, any payments made, new purchases, credits received, and finance charges. Here's the step-by-step calculation:

Start with the previous balance: $307.85

Subtract the payment made: -$35.00

Add the two new purchases: +$24.59 and +$42.61

Subtract the credit for the returned item: -$21.75

Add the finance charge: +$6.78

The new balance would be the sum of these amounts.

For Shannon Rice's situation, we are given the new balance and need to find the previous one:

Start with the new balance: $145.56

Add the payment made to revert to the previous balance before the payment: +$50.00

Subtract the finance charge because it would have been applied after the previous balance was calculated: -$4.50

Subtract the new purchases since they were made after the previous balance was determined: -$25.00, -$35.65, and -$23.85

Adding and subtracting these amounts will give us the previous balance.

To find Shaun Rice's previous balance:

Start with the new balance: $2494.20

Subtract the finance charge: -$45.30

Subtract the new purchases, noting that one purchase was exactly offset by a credit, leaving only the other purchase to consider: -$65.75

The remainder represents the balance after the minimum payment was made, which is 2.5% of the previous balance.

If 2.5% of the previous balance is the payment, then by dividing the remaining amount by 0.975 (100% - 2.5%), we can find the previous balance.

This method will give us the value of the previous balance before Shaun's payment was made.



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