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| Question 176037:  can someone help me with this word problem
 Melanie’s house is worth $125,000, but she
 still owes $78,422 on her mortgage. She has $21,236 in a
 savings account and has $9477 in credit card debt. She
 owes $6131 to the credit union and figures that her cars
 and other household items are worth a total of $15,000.
 What is Melanie’s net worth?
 Answer by josmiceli(19441)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! Add her assets and subtract her debts Assets:
 House
 savings account
 cars
 household items
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 Debts:
 mortgage
 credit card debt
 Credit union debt
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 Assets:
 125,000
 21,236
 15,000
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 307,472 total
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 Debt
 78,422
 9,477
 6,131
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 94030 total
 Net worth = 307,472 minus 94030 = 213,442
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