Question

On Tuesday Melody checks her bank balance and has $437.23. She knows that she will get paid on Friday and earn $236.12. She pays her bills which amount to $582.98. What will Melody's bank balance be after she pays her bill and gets her paycheck?

Answer 1

90.37 dollars

Explanation:

To find this , I did the following:

Tuesday=437.23

3 days later(friday)=236.12

582.98 is how much we will have to subtract.

I'm assuming that she pays her bills before Tuesday, given that the problem says "bank balance be after she pays her bills" first.

So, we can do some math, and find that:

437.23-582.98=-145.75

Then add this to the amount she gets from her paycheck, which is 236.12.

-145.75+236.12=90.37.

HOWEVER!!!

I am not entirely sure of the context of this problem. It might also be that she gets paid, and then pays her bills, rather than the other way around. In that case, the answer would be:

437.23+236.12=673.35

673.35-582.98=90.37

Whatever way it ends up being, the answer should be 90.37.