Question

(PLEASE HELP ME BEG)Joe has a savings account and a credit card. He has $422 saved in his savings account and has purchased $524 worth of merchandise on his credit card. Use positive and negative numbers to explain the sitiuation. Is Joe's overall balance represented by a positive or negative number? Justify your answer.

Answer 1

He spent a extra 120

Answer 2

If he had $422 to begin with and bought $524 worth of stuff with money he didn't have them his account would go into the negative, $-102