SOLUTION: Here is a problem I have and have trouble with. Thanks Janet A company showed a negative balance of $4,852 in the books at the start of january 2008.By the end of June 2008, the

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Question 201397This question is from textbook Mathematics For Technical trades
: Here is a problem I have and have trouble with. Thanks Janet
A company showed a negative balance of $4,852 in the books at the start of january 2008.By the end of June 2008, the company showed it had a positive balance of $15,983 in the books. What was the amount of money the company made over the last six months?This question is from textbook Mathematics For Technical trades

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A company showed a negative balance of $4,852 in the books at the start of january 2008.By the end of June 2008, the company showed it had a positive balance of $15,983 in the books. What was the amount of money the company made over the last six months?
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They made $4582 to get to zero.
Then they made $15983.
The total is
15983
+4582
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20565
= $20,565