you made two deposits to your bank account this month. one deposit was 24.61 and the seocnd deposit was 16.49 your balance at the end of the month is 72.31 and yo made no withdrawals. write and evaluate an expression for oyur balance at the beggining of the monith
Let's call the balance at the beginning of the month "x".
We know that there were two deposits made this month: one for $24.61 and the second for $16.49.
Since we made no withdrawals, the expression for our balance at the beginning of the month can be evaluated by deducting the sum of the deposits from the balance at the end of the month:
x - (24.61 + 16.49) = 72.31
To find the value of x, we can simplify the expression:
x - 41.10 = 72.31
Next, we isolate x by adding 41.10 to both sides of the equation:
x = 72.31 + 41.10
x = 113.41
Therefore, the balance at the beginning of the month was $113.41.