Sac made a mistake in his checkbook. He wrote a check for $8.98 to rent a video game but mistakenly

ecorded it in his checkbook as an $8.98 deposit.

a

Represent each transaction with a rational number, and explain the difference between the

transactions.

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Colton Bright

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17 August, 06:27

Sac made a mistake in his checkbook. He wrote a check for $8.98 to rent a video game but mistakenly

ecorded it in his checkbook as an $8.98 deposit.

a

Represent each transaction with a rational number, and explain the difference between the

transactions.

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The check he meant to write would be recorded as - $8.98 because he was losing money, and the one he wrote would be recorded as + 8.98 because it is adding to the money he already has. The difference is that one makes his account balance higher, and the other makes it lower.

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Sac made a mistake in his checkbook. He wrote a check for $8.98 to rent a video game but mistakenly

ecorded it in his checkbook as an $8.98 deposit.

a

Represent each transaction with a rational number, and explain the difference between the

transactions.