Question

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?

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

=$48.15+$22.50

=$70.65

Answer 2

Answer:

$70.65

Step-by-step explanation:

Since Mica starts off her bankaccount with $22.50 and goes below zero, we know that we can split this problem into two parts. The first part of this problem is What can we subtract from 22.50 to get to zero? the answer is 22.50. Then, we ask how much we could subtract from zero to get -48.15. the answer is 48.15. Now we just add the two numbers to get $70.65