Charlotte receives a weekly allowance from her parents. She spent half of this week's allowance at the
movies, but
earned an additional $4 for performing extra chores. If
she did not spend any additional money and finished the
week with $12, what is Charlotte's weekly allowance?
a. Write an equation that can be used to find the
original amount of Charlotte's weekly allowance. Let a
be the
value of Charlotte's original weekly allowance.
b. Solve the equation to find the original amount of
allowance