Week 3 Day 14 – POD On Friday, Mica has $22.50 in her bank account. Mica goes to the market to get
groceries for the week and ends up spending more than planned. When Mica checks
her account, she now has a balance of $-48.15. How much money did Mica spend at
the market?
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Mica spent $70.65

Step-by-step explanation:

Mica's bank balance before shopping = $22.50

Mica's bank balance after shopping = - $48.15

Mica's spending could be calculated by:

Difference between initial and final bank balance.

Hence,

[(Bank balance before shopping - (bank balance after shopping)]

[$22.50 - (-$48.15)]

= $22.50 + 48.15

= $70.65

step-by-step explanation:

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step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!