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Melody had to make a visit to the bank because her account was

overdrawn by $32. After making a deposit of $100, Melody was now
happy that she had some money. How much money did she have aft
making the deposit?

Use the CER strategy to show your work.

User Ajberry
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Sure! CER stands for Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning. It is a great way to organize our thoughts and show our work.

Claim: Melody had X amount of money after making the deposit.

Evidence: Melody's account was overdrawn by $32. She made a deposit of $100.

Reasoning: To find out how much money Melody has after making the deposit, we need to add the amount of the deposit to the amount of money she had before the deposit.

So, let's start by finding out how much money Melody had before the deposit. Since her account was overdrawn by $32, we can assume that she had a negative balance of $32. To find out the positive balance, we need to add $32 to $100 (the amount of the deposit):

$32 + $100 = $132

Therefore, Melody had $132 after making the deposit.

Claim: Melody had $132 after making the deposit.

Evidence: Melody's account was overdrawn by $32. She made a deposit of $100.

Reasoning: We added the amount of the deposit to the amount of money she had before the deposit to find out how much money she had after making the deposit.

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