The question is incomplete. The complete question is :
Quiana’s initial loan amount is -$15,234.68. This is the total amount of money she must pay back to the lender. Part B What is the sign of the rational number you wrote in part A for Quiana’s loan? What does the sign represent?
Solution :
The sign is a negative sign and it represents the money which is debt.
In the question, it is given that Quiana had taken a loan of -$ 15,234.68
This amount of money will be returned to the lender from Quiana which is the debt of Quiana.
The negative sign(-) was inserted before the money that Quiana had borrowed. It represents the money of debt that Quiana owes and this amount is to be returned to the lender by Quiana.
