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document.write( "Your bank account was overdrawn by $14. You then were charged a $35 overdraft fee. The bank applies a $5 fee for each day your account is over drawn. Your account is overdrawn for 3 days when you deposit a check for $256. What is your account balance after depositing the check? Will you have enough money to pay your $52 electric bill (assuming no other money is spent)? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #411265 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=411265\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> \"Your bank account was overdrawn by $14\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "means that you're $14 in the hole. So the balance is at -14 dollars.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"You then were charged a $35 overdraft fee\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "means you're an additional $35 in the hole. So the balance is now at -14-35 = -49 dollars.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = number of days the account is over drawn\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If a $5 fee is applied each day the account is over drawn, then you're subtracting 5 dollars each day. So over the course of x days, you will have subtracted 5x dollars total.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the final balance after x days is -49 - 5x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After 3 days, the final balance will be...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-49 - 5x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-49 - 5(3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-49 - 15\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-64\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So after 3 days, the final balance will be -64 dollars.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now add on the $256 from the check you deposit:  -64+256 = 192\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since $192 is larger than $52, this means you will have enough money to pay your $52 electric bill (assuming no other money is spent). </SPAN>\n" );
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