Respuesta :

8 of your friends are in debt because they each owe you $.25. How much debt are your friends in in total?

Answer:

The given expression is

[tex]8(-0.25)[/tex]

A word problem would be:

Lucy has many debts, she tend to borrow money very often. One day, she realizes that she ones 25 cents to 8 different stores. What's the total debt?

[tex]8(-0.25)=-2[/tex]

So, basically, she has to pay a total of $2 to the eight stores.