Ralph opened up his checking account with $100. On Monday, he withdrew $45 to purchase a pair of jeans. On Wednesday, he deposit
ed a $25 check he received for his birthday from his uncle. On Friday, he used his debit card to buy a $98 football ticket. What is the balance in Ralph's checking account?
He starts off with $100 in his account. He then take so $45 to purchase a pair of jeans, so we have to subtract 45 from 100 and that gives us $55. He now has $55 in his account, he then adds another $25 to his account, so we have to add 25 to 55 and that will give us $80 in his account. Finally on Friday he takes out $98 of his checking account. He takes out more than he has in his checking account so we have to subtract $80 from $98 and we will get $18, but since he takes out more than what he has in his account the answer will be negative and we end up with -18 dollars in his checking account.
