Question

Dan earns $42.75 per month working as a tutor. He worked as a tutor for 4 months. He also earned $52.45 walking dogs in the neighborhood. He spent $18.50 of his total earning to buy a movie ticket and candy. Dan put 1 over 3 of the remaining money in his savings account.
Dan used the following steps to find the total money he put in his savings account:


Step 1: [($42.75 ⋅ 4) + $52.45 − $18.50] ⋅ 1 over 3


Step 2: [$171 + $52.45 − $18.50] ⋅ 1 over 3


Step 3: 241.95 ⋅ 1 over 3


Step 4: $80.65


So im thinking the wrong step is 3 hby can u tell me pwease? :3

Answer 1

Answer:

They made an error in step 2 which showed up in step 3. When adding those numbers, Dan should have gotten $223.45 and not $241.95

Step-by-step explanation: