Question

Mrs.espinosa made a mistake in her checkbook.She wrote a check for $9.19 to buy us new pencils but mistakenly recordrd it in hrr checkbook as a deposit.Use absolute value to explain how a credit of $9.19 and a debit of $9.19 are similiare

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation

Any amount in credit means the money is coming into the account. Hence, it is denoted with a positive sign in front of the money.

AND

Any amount in debit means the money is leaving the account. Hence, it is denoted with a negative sign in front of the money.

So,

A credit of $9.19 = +9.19

A debit of $9.19 = -9.19

The absolute value of any number takes only the positive part of that number as answer. That is,

The absolute value of 2 = |2| = 2

The absolute value of -4 = |-4| = 4