Question

Renee and John have a joint checking account. Their balance at the beginning of September was $6,238.67. During the month they made deposits totaling d dollars, wrote checks totaling $1,459.98, paid a maintenance fee of z dollars, and earned b dollars in interest on the account. Write a simplified algebraic expression that represents the balance at the end of the month

Answer 1

Answer: 4778.69 + b + d - z

Explanation:

Based on the information given above, we would add the deposits made, and the interest earned to the balance at the beginning of September while we would subtract the check written, and the maintenance fee from the balance.

This will algebraically be expressed as:

= 6238.67 + d - 1459.98 - z + b

= 6238.67 - 1459.98 + b + d - z

= 4778.69 + b + d - z